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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
LOL. The bullpen hasn't been lights out, but its no longer the garbage it used to be. Since the All-star break (including today), they've given up 1 earned run in 5 games. Not exactly terrible work.
And yes, I know inherited runners are an issue, but that's them getting put in a bad spot from the starters.
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They just gave up 3 ER in one inning today, by the guy that is supposed to take them to the promise land and according to Atkins "Cecil coming off the injury list is like making a big acquisition better than anything else they could add on the market".
They just played 5 games against two of the worst teams in baseball. Make no mistake about it, outside of Osuna, this bullpen is still bad. Grilli has been half decent but he's been pretty lucky to get out of bad situations he put himself in.
To compete for the division the Jays need a shut down bullpen of Osuna, Grilli, Biagini, LH, and another fireballer (preferably another LHP). Fortunately, bullpens are the easier to augment at the trade deadline than most positions.
They may get their fireballer in Sanchez, but even then they still need two LHPs assuming Cecil still sucks, and that creates an even bigger hole in the starting rotation.