It’s become cliché to say the Yankees have assembled a bullpen of doom. Even when their relief corps consisted only of Dellin Betances, Aroldis Chapman, and Chad Green, the Yankees already projected to have an outstanding bullpen. Adding Zach Britton and, most recently, Adam Ottavino was borderline overkill, giving the Yankees five potential relief aces.
Of course, Ottavino’s time in the relief ace club has been relatively short. The 33-year-old right-hander has only had one elite season in his career, coming last year in 2018. He posted sterling park-adjusted figures, a 52 ERA- and 63 FIP-, while his strikeout rate ballooned to nearly 13 per nine innings.