We are less than 24 hours away from Opening Day, and as a person of Irish descent, I’d like to thank MLB for scheduling the Cubs’ first regular season game at 5:10am the day after St. Patrick’s Day. I might have to go light on the green beer and corned beef today. Then again, the libations may help me forget Jed Hoyer’s “The Art of the Bullpen” series that has run for consecutive seasons. Chicago’s relievers blew 18 saves last season, so fingers crossed that the group leaves Tokyo unscathed.
Ryan Pressly will be the supposed savior of this year’s relief corps, but pump the brakes just a bit.