More years and dollars are being handed out to relievers. We've been taught that relievers should not get more years and dollars.
The Royals have a really good bullpen. For two years in a row, the baseball world watched as games were shortened to six innings for the opposing team and nine innings for the Royals. Yes, I'm ignoring all extra-inning games because narratives.
Jeff Sullivan at FanGraphs took it upon himself to examine the elite bullpen phenomenon in general, not just specific to the Royals. His findings suggest that having an elite bullpen does indeed increase a team's win total beyond what is expected by fWAR.