Coming into 2024, the talk of the town was starting pitching. Shane Bieber, Triston McKenzie, Gavin Williams, Tanner Bibee, Logan Allen. That’s as strong as a 1-through-5 as you were set to find in the bigs. Unfortunately, we never even saw this turn through the rotation once this season. Instead, Bieber is done, Gavin hasn’t pitched, and it’s been a mix and match combo of Sticks trying to return to form (which appears to be happening!), a struggling Logan Allen, Tanner Bibee, the emergence of Ben Lively, and the aging Carlos Carrasco giving up all too many runs.
Needless to say, bullpen is taxed.