All winter long here at TBOH, our David Mosemann has been profiling some of the holdover candidates who are battling to return to the big league bullpen this year. Now I’ll be picking the series up during spring training, looking at some of the new arms entering the competition.
The Phils organization has a recent history as being a place for relievers to come in order to start over and reset their careers. During their not so distant 2007-2011 run of dominance, the Phillies brought in a number of such relievers who would reestablish themselves as dependable bullpen arms including Brad Lidge, J.