Keeping the Faith: SF’s Booming Bullpen Is a Silent Success
The Jiffy-Lube Change of the Game flashes and you immediately start to worry.
It’s only natural. The Giants bullpen has been bad for so long it is easy to unknowingly jerk into this reaction when Bruce Bochy heads to the mound.
But despite their dreadful recent history, this once-questionable San Francisco bullpen is actually, head-over-heels, the best bullpen the Giants have seen the past five years.
Currently ranked third in the MLB with a sparkling 3.38 ERA, the Giants relievers are quietly posting the lowest bullpen ERA since their 2002 run to the World Series.
While these guys aren’t exactly launching balls past batters (ranking 25th in strikeouts), this...
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