The New York Yankees have clearly had better stretches from their usually-dominant bullpen compared to this past week.
Over the last seven days, New York’s pen is leading the American League with four losses and have posted an ERA of 3.96 — significantly worse than their overall average of 3.04, which is third-best in the Major Leagues.
It has a lot to do with Tyler Clippard‘s anti-clutch gene, Adam Warren‘s injury, Aroldis Chapman‘s injury and the fact that Dellin Betances was the only reliever from the awful 1-6 West Coast swing to not surrender an earned run (min.