The amazing bullpen getting more recognition

dagger · Post #1 » by **dagger** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:06 pm

http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/ ... ys-bullpen

The Blue Jays' bullpen has an 0.61 ERA in June after three more scoreless innings in relief of R.A. Dickey in Friday’s win over the Baltimore Orioles.

The numbers may be slightly distorted by six unearned runs this month, but they’ve been impressive nonetheless.

During the winning streak, Blue Jays relievers are 3-0 with four saves and have pitched 22 innings, allowing two unearned runs and seven hits. They haven't allowed an earned run in their last 27 innings.

Post #2 » by **Schad** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:18 pm

Yeah...as was said before the season, the best bullpen is a deep bullpen, not necessarily one stocked with name-brands. We had a tonne of arms, and have been fortunate enough to get terrific performances out of most of them; at the moment, all seven of the guys in the bullpen with 10+ IP have ERAs at or below 2.70.

Post #3 » by **Duffman100** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:34 pm

Brett Cecil is flat out unhittable right now.

Santoki · Post #4 » by **Santoki** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:49 pm

I'll eat my words on this one. I was very concerned about the bullpen before the start of the year with the health problems of both Santos and Janssen. Luckily, Casey's been relatively healthy and lights out (save for a couple of appearances) and guys like Delabar and Loup have performed really well when not called upon every single day (seemingly like in May). No one could have foreseen the contribution of Cecil (who has almost made Oliver non-existent) and guys like Wagner and Perez have filled out the bullpen quite nicely the past month.

Al_Oliver · Post #5 » by **Al_Oliver** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:56 pm

The biggest irony is Oliver now being redundant...

joseph235 · Post #6 » by **joseph235** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 3:44 pm

Gibby has done a great job managing the bullpen. Been a breath of fresh air after the horrendous management of the pen by Farrel the last few years.

CreaM · Post #7 » by **CreaM** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:09 pm

Best bullpen in the AL IMO, I feel comfortable when any of them are out there. Loup has been the most surprising though, didn't realize he was that good.

Nocturne · Post #8 » by **Nocturne** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:24 pm

AA really turned this bullpen around the past couple seasons back from when our bullpen was probably our biggest weakness.

TheMainEvent · Post #9 » by **TheMainEvent** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:51 pm

Looking back at this thread: viewtopic.php?f=123&t=1236129...

... it appears only a handful of posters here really had significant concerns about the bullpen. Santos really seems to be the only one any of our concerns were right about.

RedArmy · Post #10 » by **RedArmy** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:38 pm

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/ja ... stingiest/

Post #11 » by **Schad** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:47 am

TheMainEvent wrote:Looking back at this thread: viewtopic.php?f=123&t=1236129...

... it appears only a handful of posters here really had significant concerns about the bullpen. Santos really seems to be the only one any of our concerns were right about.

Shows once again that bullpens are the most unpredictable creatures in baseball...you just want to have enough good arms stockpiled to see what happens.

Take a look at the Rays; their 'pen has been a massive part of their success in recent years, but it is costing them dearly right now. Rodney has turned back into Fraudney, and is walking an unthinkable 7 batters per 9; McGee and Farnsworth are getting tagged for extra bases left and right, and they're struggling to find three guys in all their pitching depth capable of getting through an inning unscathed.