Hector Neris #50 of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
A common belief around Major League Baseball this season is that if the Philadelphia Phillies can replicate their offensive and starting pitching production from last season, they will be playing October baseball in 2021 — as long as their bullpen is anywhere close to decent.
FanGraphs kept it simple in their preseason bullpen power rankings, in which they had the Phillies ranked No. 12:
The ‘pen simply returning to the realm of “okay” should give the Phillies a significant boost in the standings.