It’s not much of a surprise, given how bad the D-backs bullpen was in 2016. It was so bad... [All together now: How bad was it?] Actually, let’s just leave it at that. It was so bad. Among the worst in baseball. Among the worst in franchise history. I’d be more specific but Baseball-Reference.com’s new design appears to have broken a few things in the Play Index.
It was thus something of a surprise to many fans, that there didn’t appear to be more energetic activity on this front out of the new front-office.