Emmanuel Clase #48 of the Cleveland Indians / Cleveland Guardians (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images)
What will the Cleveland Guardians bullpen look like when the 2022 season opens up next March?
By their very nature, Major League bullpens tend to be fickle beasts. In most cases, consistency can be difficult to come by, and individual arms can rise and fall in effectiveness like the tides. Even in the course of a single season, a bullpen’s effectiveness can gyrate between surefire late-game lockdowns and leaky faucets in a matter of days.
For the Cleveland Indians, the first half of the 2021 season was a narrative of clutch performances and slammed doors.