The Phillies bullpen had a desperate need for speed.
Coming into the off-season, it was no secret the Phils’ relief corps needed a serious upgrade. An MLB-worst 7.06 ERA pretty much told the story of a unit that not only had difficulty extinguishing late inning fires but often times threw gasoline on top of them. So it’s no wonder Dave Dombrowski has focused on attacking the bullpen in his first few months as team president and, on Thursday, he added the biggest name yet when he signed former Reds and Diamondbacks reliever Archie Bradley to a one-year, $6 million deal.