The 2016 Phillies had the 3rd worst bullpen ERA in baseball at 5.05. The Phillies entered the offseason looking to provide some stability to the late innings and signed Joaquin Benoit to go along with earlier acquisition Pat Neshek.
Whereas Neshek was coming off a subpar year, Benoit had just gotten off a great end of the year with the Blue Jays (23.2 IP 0.38 ERA) after coming over in a trade from Seattle. More than just trying to build on a hot end of year, Benoit truly represented some stability for the Phillies. From 2010 to 2016, Benoit pitched in 439 games (427.