With Opening Day just over a week away, the Yankees still have many questions left unanswered. Will the stopgap shortstop experiment work out? Will they get enough production out of catcher and center field? Will the starting rotation hold up across an entire season. Thankfully, there is one area that does not face the same uncertainty: the bullpen.
The Yankees’ relief corps was one of the lone bright sparks of last season, and projects to be the same in 2022 as they return the unit intact. Even more impressive is the way they built the bullpen on the fly, turning unheralded players into top-end relievers seemingly overnight.