Building a bullpen is both the easiest and the hardest part of putting a team together. I firmly believe that.
It’s easy because there are about a million potential relief pitchers at any given moment, and the good ones come and go at such a clip that there is always a potential relief ace available somewhere.
It’s hard because good luck figuring out which guy it is.
Here’s the Top 10 Relievers by WAR from last season:
Blake Treinan
Edwin Diaz
Josh Hader
Jose Leclerc
Craig Stammen
Felipe Vazquez
Adam Ottavino
Jose Alvarado
Will Smith
Aroldis Chapman
How many of those names would you have guessed?