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with left-hander J.P. Howell  January 07, 2013|By Dylan
Hernandez   • The Dodgers and left-handed reliever J.P. Howell
finalized a one-year contract. The Dodgers and left-handed
reliever J.P. Howell finalized a one-year… (Tom Szczerbowski /
Getty…)  The Dodgers finalized a one-year contract with left-
handed reliever J.P. Howell, according to a person familiar with
the situation who spoke under the condition of anonymity because
the deal hasn’t been officially announced by the team.  Howell,
29, figures to be one of two left-handers in the Dodgers
bullpen. His pitching style is markedly different from that of
the team’s only other established left-hander, hard-throwing
Scott Elbert.  Listed at 6 feet and 190 pounds, Howell throws in
the mid-80s.  How does he get major league hitters out?  “Keep
moving it,” he told the Tampa Tribune in 2008. “If it doesn't
move, it's gone, man. Make the ball move and just try to hit the
spot. Those guys that throw