Since selling at the deadline, the Yankees have done a great job giving their prospects ample playing time. Gary Sanchez and Aaron Judge are future starters, but it’s also good that Tyler Austin is getting a chance to impress to see if he has a place with the team. The bullpen, however, has been largely ignored and they are wasting time that could be spent evaluating their relief prospects.
Last year’s crop of relievers didn’t work out as planned and now Nick Rumbelow, Branden Pinder, and Jacob Lindgren have all required elbow surgery. This year wasn’t much better when you consider that they had nothing of value in the bullpen outside the trio of Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller, and Aroldis Chapman.