It was a relationship that we knew couldn’t truly last forever. The San Francisco Giants bullpen largely stayed in-tact, with its defined roles from 2010-2015. Jeremy Affeldt retired, and then all hell broke loose.
The bullpen last year blew a total of 32 saves, and the remaining three members of the core four endured easily their most difficult years in orange and black. With all three being free agents, and an emerging young foundation of the bullpen, it felt like this whole “Core Four” bullpen thing was about to come to an end. He is now close to signing with the A’s on a two-year deal, per the reports of FanRag Sports’, Robert Murray.