The Pittsburgh Pirates have seemed to always pride themselves with having a deep and effective bullpen. From the ‘Sharktank’ days of 2013 to 2015 with Mark Melancon, Jason Grilli, Tony Watson, and Jared Hughes, to more recent times with the Pirates building up young players with a very high ceiling, they’ve always seemed to have a plan.
Going into 2020, there are a handful of names to keep an eye on, and I wanted to go over what the near future holds for the team’s bullpen. The future looks bright for this bullpen, as many of the names are young and have control left.