Brace yourselves. As the title of this piece has already alluded to, the Washington Nationals might actually have an effective and relatively dependable bullpen heading into the new season.
That’s not a statement that can be said too often for this team. However, given they were already starting with a relief corps that showed a lot of promise last year while making a couple of key additions over the winter, it has the potential to improve even further.
The obvious addition to mention is Brad Hand, who signed a one-year, $10.5 million deal with the team in January.