I'm fascinated by relief pitchers. They are interesting because they are clearly the third-most important squad on any baseball team. Bullpens are overwhelmingly populated by cast-offs, riff-raff, no-good-nicks, and ne'er-do-wells. Building a bullpen is less like selecting a playground kickball team and more like staffing a pirate ship. The only ones willing to take the job are ones that can't get jobs doing anything better.
I think it holds up pretty well. But anyway, I was looking for a way to lede this piece and I didn’t wanna write something original.
The Reds’ bullpen as it currently exists seems a particularly unstable lot, though.