About once a month in 2016, I would rank each member of the bullpen by how much I trusted them, as a general view of how well they were pitching at that moment. The thing is, those articles had this tendency to kinda accidentally curse whoever I ranked first, which is why last year I abandoned the bit. But now we’re into the Bryan Murphy Era here at MCC, baby, and since cursing the team has become exceptionally on brand, the bit is back.
So off we go, starting with the most trusted reliever:
Like I said, in a statement so astute that it got the coveted Andrew Baggarly Quote Tweet:
I would like to thank Every Cheapskate Owner In Baseball for allowing the Giants to sign Tony Watson
— Doug (@moonwalkmcfly) April 8, 2018
It really is absurd that the Giants were able to get him so late in the offseason and stay under the luxury tax, even if the credit for that second part goes to whoever figured out the accounting to still pay Watson while deferring the calculation for luxury tax purposes.