After what could only be described as a disastrous first half, the Atlanta Braves bullpen has looked significantly better since the All-Star break. Raisel Iglesias looks reborn after one of the worst halves of baseball of his career and the Braves lone trade deadline acquisition, Tyler Kinley, looks like he should stick around for a while. However, one name that has been lost in the shuffle a little bit is Pierce Johnson.
For a long stretch of the first half, Johnson was easily Atlanta's best reliever. However, fans weren't particularly interested because the Braves were losing so much and the rest of the bullpen was a dumpster fire.