Even after bouncing back in the second half of the 2018 season, confidence in Phillies reliever Hector Neris was still shaky. He blew save after save early on, and even when he did convert a save, it wasn’t without some drama.
Just under a year after being sent to Triple-A for the first time in three seasons, Neris is back to the high-caliber reliever he was in 2016 and 2017. Not only that, he is putting up some of the best numbers of his career.
In 28 appearances so far this year, Neris has a 1.