The Astros’ bullpen used to be quite the distinguished unit. The quality, depth and experience it once boasted rivaled any other bullpen in the league. Those attributes are now things of the past. In 2020, it was a group comprised of almost exclusively rookies, save for Josh James and Ryan Pressly, the only holdovers from the outstanding 2019 troop.
Though there are multiple rookies with fairly substantial potential — namely Enoli Paredes, Blake Taylor and Andre Scrubb — next year’s bullpen needs to be more reliable than it was this past season, when its inconsistency was on display more than anything else.