Last season, one of the few bright spots as the team was bottoming out with the worst record in baseball was the Phillies’ improving bullpen.
Ken Giles emerged as a true closer before being shipped off to Houston during the off-season, with other pitchers also making their case for a future in the Phillies bullpen.
One who did not make as good of a case as some of the others was Hector Neris. The 26-year old Dominican struggled with keeping batters off the ball, carrying a 8.5 H/9 in 32 appearances during the 2015 campaign.