Any successful team must have a stellar bullpen, but that essential component may be difficult for the Arizona Diamondbacks to field.
Instead of letting players with limited experience grow and transverse through “the process,” Arizona general manager Mike Hazen has chosen to go another route. In signing veteran closer Fernando Rodney in the off-season, the plan is to go with a short-term solution. While Hazen had the option to easing Jake Barrett, Enrique Burgos, and possibility others into the mix, the plan now is to rely on Rodney.
If Rodney is in his prime and saving over 40 games per season, that would be a wise course.