After last night’s nightmare loss to the lowly Pirates, the D-Backs find themselves the owners of a 27-29 record, which puts them seven games back of the division-leading Dodgers and five games back of the final Wild Card spot. Their playoff chances have fallen down to 23% according to Baseball Reference and the slightly more optimistic 34% according to FanGraphs. Jim posted an excellent wrap-up earlier today of what’s gone wrong this season as well as what can be done (if anything) to fix those issues. I’ve decided to focus on one specific part of the team that has significantly - and recently dramatically - harmed the team’s chances of returning to the postseason: the bullpen.
Thursday Tidbits: Bullpen Options
