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Juan Nicasio filled out the bullpen in 2019

47 games, 2-3 W-L, 4.75 ERA, 20.7 K%, 9.7 BB%, 0.5 fWAR

Acquired as part of the Jean Segura trade, Nicasio seemed like a reasonable option for one of the last few spots in the bullpen. Over his eight-year career, he had proven capable of handling a lot of innings, especially if those innings weren’t especially high leverage.

In 2019, Nicasio appeared in 47 games, and to my surprise, the Phillies actually won the majority of them. As expected, he ate up innings in games where the starters got knocked out early (and to be sure, there were plenty of those).