After being the team’s weakest link for the first 20 or so games of the season, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ bullpen is starting to turn into a strength. This is thanks in large part to the emergences of young pitchers such as Edgar Santana, Kyle Crick, and Michael Feliz.
There is one major issue that remains in the Pirate bullpen, however. That issue is that manager Clint Hurdle keeps using George Kontos is high leverage situations and this is something that needs to end immediately.
Currently, Kontos is the Pirates’ 8th inning man.