He wasn’t nearly as popular as ‘Welcome to the Jungle’s Eric Gagné or ‘California Love’s Kenley Jansen, not even remotely so. But he was a decent – and usually reliable – reliever out of the Dodgers bullpen for three seasons.

On Friday morning, MLB Trade Rumors reported that former Dodgers left-handed reliever Luis Avilán was retiring after10 MLB seasons, of which three were with the Dodgers.

The 34-year-old Caracas, Venezuela native, who was initially signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent on August 22, 2005, was part of a three-team trade by the Braves on July 30, 2015 along with Bronson Arroyo, Jim Johnson, José Peraza and Alex Wood to the Dodgers. The Dodgers sent Zachary Bird (minors), Héctor Olivera and Paco Rodríguez to Atlanta and sent Victor Araujo (minors), Kevin Guzman (minors) and Jeff Brigham to the Miami Marlins. The Marlins sent Mat Latos and Mike Morse to LA, and sent their 2016 competitive balance round-A pick to the Braves.

During his three seasons with the Dodgers (2015-2017), the hard throwing lefty posted a 5-4 record with a 3.43 ERA in his combined 111 games and combined 81.1 innings pitched. He leaves the game after 10 MLB seasons with a career mark of 23-11 and a (wait for it…) career ERA of 3.43.

Avilán last saw action in the MLB in 2021 with the Washington Nationals before undergoing Tommy John surgery.

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