Nice pickups yesterday. But we can't be done. We still need another reliever. I'd have been OK with just one reliever if it was another closer like Kimbrel. (That's been done before when a team has traded for a closer even though they have one. Remember when we GAVE Robertson to NY even though they already had Chapman?) But if all they were doing was going for bullpen depth, which is what Tepera provides, we need another guy like him. The main question to ask ourselves is this. With the way the bullpen is now constructed, will Heuer, Ruiz, Burr, or even Lopez still have to pitch even ONE single significant inning in the playoffs?  (And I mean by significant inning, is an inning where the score is within 6 runs on the upside or downside for us.)  If the answer to that question is yes, and I'm afraid it might be, then we don't have enough. And we have until 3 today to do something about it. 

Edited July 30, 20214 yr by Soxsi75

4 minutes ago, Soxsi75 said:

Nice pickups yesterday. But we can't be done. We still need another reliever. I'd have been OK with just one reliever if it was another closer like Kimbrel. (That's been done before when a team has traded for a closer even though they have one. Remember when we GAVE Robertson to NY even though they already had Chapman?) But if all they were doing was going for bullpen depth, which is what Tepera provides, we need another guy like him. The main question to ask ourselves is this. With the way the bullpen is now constructed, will Heuer, Ruiz, Burr, or even Lopez still have to pitch even ONE single significant inning in the playoffs?  (And I mean by significant inning, is an inning where the score is within 6 runs on the upside or downside for us.)  If the answer to that question is yes, and I'm afraid it might be, then we don't have enough. And we have until 3 today to do something about it. 

So one of Ruiz, Burr or Heuer will be gone today to make room for Tepera. I have to think there will be one more reliever acquired which pushes a second one out from that group. Then also remember you get to move one starter to the bullpen for the postseason, so you have a pretty low chance of needing any of that group for any moderate to high leverage situations.

We definitely needed a carbon copy of another thread that asked the same question lol

 

13 minutes ago, TheTruth05 said:

We definitely needed a carbon copy of another thread that asked the same question lol

Please see this thread. Same premise.