The San Diego Padres bullpen was fantastic in 2018. Craig Stammen and Kirby Yates emerged as productive, veteran pieces to lead the way, rookies like Robert Stock brought over-powering heat to the mound, and general manager AJ Preller was even able to capitalize on the bullpen’s success by flipping Brad Hand and a rookie reliever in Adam Cimber for the top catching prospect in baseball, Francisco Mejia.
The bullpen should remain reliable, however, we still need to wait and see how the league adjusts to the now second-year bullpen arms and who can prove they can be stable pieces in a major league bullpen.