When Mariano Rivera retired in 2013, it marked the end of an era for the Yankees bullpen and the broader organization. They no longer had the greatest closer in history securing wins, and when David Robertson departed in free agency a year later, the team was at a crossroads. How would they lock down the later innings of games?
To their credit, New York had no trouble developing or acquiring pitchers to fill those roles. Dellin Betances established himself as one of the premier strikeout artists coming out of the bullpen. The team added Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman to create a dominant, if brief, three-headed monster to finish games.