Matt Klentak and the Phillies front office made it very clear they wanted to improve a bullpen that struggled often heading into the 2018 season. The club brought back 2017 All Star Pat Neshek and after being highly rumored to sign Addison Reed, they signed former Ray Tommy Hunter.
These two veterans add a lot of experience to the team. They also bring up the teams average age; only those two, bullpen mate Luis Garcia, and Carlos Santana are over 30 on the active roster.
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