The Cards’ High-Strikeout Bullpen Gamble

Feb 18 2018 by Viva El Birdos

 

El Birdos have largely overhauled their bullpen, and seem to have targeted a specific type of pitcher in doing so.

There has been a lot of hand-wringing and general consternation over the Cardinal bullpen this offseason. To a certain extent, that makes sense; while the Cards’ relief corps in 2017 was, in aggregate, a fairly average sort of unit, or at least an innocuous one, the Redbirds’ record in close games (particularly, ahem, against the Cubs), seemed to magnify every misstep...

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