The Cleveland Indians bullpen took an early blow at the Winter Meetings. Bryan Shaw was presented, and eventually did accept, a deal with the Colorado Rockies.
The deal leaves Cleveland with a big hole to fill in the ‘pen. Shaw was an innings eater in Cleveland and a real workhorse.
His dependability and versatile use will force others to step up. In his post game interview after elimination from the 2017 postseason, Terry Francona said it would likely take two guys to replace Bryan Shaw, according to cleveland.com’s Paul Hoynes in his article outlining the Shaw signing.