Red Reporter · Dec 7, 2015
With Aroldis Chapman gone, who closes for the Cincinnati Reds?
A look at the options at the back of a barren Cincinnati bullpen.The Cincinnati Reds shipped out Aroldis Chapman on Monday (to someone, somewhere), in the process emptying the last remnants of respectability from a 2015 bullpen that, even with him, posted the 3rd worst FIP among all National League bullpens last year. Chapman's 1.94 mark ranked as the 5th best in all of baseball last year among the 210 pitchers who threw at least 30 innings, and while FIP isn't the end-all, be-all of pitching statistics, it's one that generally is more important in judging relievers in tight spots than it is to starters stretched over a pile of innings.