Bullpens are notoriously fickle – good one year, bad the next! But, I want you to tell me when teams have been successful by going out and buying (trading) for bullpen back end muscle? The Nats traded for J-Pap and installed him as the closer after Drew Storen had been exceptional all year. I’ll bet they have some big problems in that clubhouse right about now.
The Dodger could have traded for Ardolis Chapman or Craig Kimbrel, but the guys you might have traded could have been even better. How many times do I have to say: