Are the Pirates going to make some changes to the bullpen, like trading players or calling players up?
-- Josiah S., Pittsburgh
I'm not sure why they would. Their weakness for about two weeks to start the season has since emerged as a strength.
The Bucs have a 2.82 bullpen ERA since April 13, the third-best mark in the Majors. If that date seems random, it's not. That afternoon, they swapped out Josh Smoker and Clay Holmes for Kyle Crick and Richard Rodriguez. Later in the month, they promoted Nick Kingham and bumped Steven Brault back into the bullpen.