[This post was submitted by loyal Nation member Matt Habel. If you remember, Matt wrote that Losing Isn’t Everything recently. Thanks, again Matt.]
Earlier this year, there was a lot of discussion around Bryan Price’s bullpen management in terms of which players he used in the highest leverage situations. Given the monumental improvement of the relief core in 2017 compared to 2016, Price seemed to make a big adjustment in how he managed the talented group. FanGraphs even wrote a piece comparing the Reds to the juggernaut that helped push Terry Francona’s Cleveland Indians club all the way to the World Series last October.