The reliever's less than stellar Opening Day appearance had some disastrous consequences.
Opening Day was a confusing time for everyone, with us wanting to celebrate the return of baseball while also understanding that we would be forced to watch the Phillies and Reds play it. We'd had several months to come to terms with this fact and so, as things went to crap on day one, we were disappointed, but far from shocked.
Going into the season, my thoughts on the bullpen were far more ludicrously mediocre than the apparently far more correct John Stolnis (as we discussed on The Felske Files), who thought it could be the worst one in baseball.