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Originally Posted by cross16
to a certain extent yes, but it's at the same time they've had a mostly bad bullpen during the Atkins era.
I just don't see how they can justify heading into the stretch drive and potential postseason with this bullpen.
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You get 13 pitchers.
For the playoffs they'd have:
Bieber
Berrios
Gauzmam
Bassit
Lauer
Scherzer
-at least 2 of these guys will pitch out of the pen/piggyback, which is a lot of innings
Then for the 7 remaining spots:
Rodriguez
Sandlin
Garcia
Dominguez
Hoffman
Little
With one spot left for Fischer/Fluharty/Nance to fight for
That isn't perfect and they need one more arm for sure to hedge against Sandlin/Garcia not being available. But the only pitchers on those firat 2 lists with ERA above the league average (4.09) are Bassitt, Scherzer, and Hoffman.
Scherzer has gotten better after rehab so if they get a closer to push Hoffman down to less leverage, and only pitch Bassitt at home I think they're in excellent shape.