So much attention has been paid to which starting pitchers the Cincinnati Reds should pursue this offseason, that we’ve neglected to look at what relief pitchers could help the team in 2019. While starting pitching is important, in today’s game having a solid bullpen may be more important than ever.
It used to be that a team could trot out their starter for 5-7 innings and hand the game over to the bullpen for the final few outs. Now we’re seeing relievers come into the game in third, fourth, and fifth inning by design. Heck, the Milwaukee Brewers started Wade Miley in the NLCS and he only pitched to one batter.