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Will Josh Hader Get Any Saves This Year?

Related Topics: Josh Hader, Bryan Abreu

Relax.

There are six other teams with bullpen ERA’s worse than the Astros so far. And nine teams with a worse bullpen SIERA.

But if this continues, (big if) a team with a bullpen that allows 8.03 runs/nine innings isn’t going anywhere. When you take closer Josh Hader out of the equation, the remaining relievers have a combined ERA of 9.80.

The Astros have lost their first three games to the Yankees, and the bullpen has blown three leads. (Granted, the offense has its own share of blame) Yes, the Yankees are a juggernaut, but not so much when they faced Cristian Javier and Hunter Brown, both good, but not great pitchers.