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Building a bullpen: throw tennis balls at the wall

Though it may not seem like it, the Cardinals have made moves to improve their bullpen in recent days. There are two ways to improve a bullpen in the absence of obvious internal solutions, The first way is to spend your way to a good bullpen. The second way is to throw a bunch of... tennis balls at the wall. We’re family friendly here folks. Mostly.

The Cardinals have used both approaches in the past. To say spending hasn’t worked out would be an understatement. There’s Greg Holland, Brett Cecil, and though the jury is still out on him, Luke Gregerson.