My colleague Bill Dawson posted a great piece Sunday on where the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen has been in 2019.
Indeed the bullpen has been one of the two keys to the Cardinals’ 2019 success (the other, defense) but there is always a fear of collapse as the season trudges on.
I would like to focus on where the bullpen is going, heading into the stretch run against the Cubs and the playoffs (which Fangraphs now rates as a 94.5% certainty). Look at this chart:
At the rate these pitchers are being used, the Cardinals will have five guys pitching over 60 games this year, for the first time since 2009.