A bullpen that can come in and give three-plus innings of shutout baseball, limit damages, clean up each other’s messes, and close out ballgames.
The “what” he envisioned from the bullpen may be spot on but the “who” is definitely not what he had expected.
As you know, the Rockies spent a lot of money on the bullpen this past offseason as in $106 million for Wade Davis, Jake McGee and Bryan Shaw.
Unfortunately, only one of the three, Wade Davis, has lived up to his contract and will be called on extensively during the playoffs.