The Phillies bullpen was quite bad in 2016. They finished near the bottom of the league in nearly every statistic from ERA to WAR to WHIP. The team kept promoting and demoting players in the hopes they found a corps that could string together some success, but nothing ever worked.
However, Hector Neris was a bright spot in the otherwise paltry relief staff. The 27-year old finished the year with a 2.58 ERA, 3.30 fielding-independent pitching, and 1.108 WHIP. He led the team in appearances with 79 as manager Pete Mackanin called on him on nearly half of the team’s games in 2016.