The Atlanta Braves are far from the only team with a bullpen that sends fans searching for their antianxiety medication. In the first half, the bullpen everyone moaned about produced a 3.69 ERA, good enough for second-best in baseball. Things looked less rosy when perusing peripherals like the #15 ranked 4.51 FIP, #12 ranked 1.3 HR/9 and 4.0 BB/9
GM Alex Anthopoulos acquired three arms at the deadline to shore up a staggering bullpen, but that’s yet to happen; it took under a week for Luke Jackson to earn another save. Along with baseball’s worst ERA, the Atlanta Braves pen also features an MLB worst .