Can Matt Blake transform Albert Abreu into Clay Holmes 2.0?

As much as the Yankees lineup has mashed, as dominant as the rotation has looked for stretches, what surprised me the most through the first half was the performance of the bullpen. Specifically, the way that the team seamlessly replaced the innings that would have gone to their three best relievers from a season prior — Aroldis Chapman, Jonathan Loáisiga, and Chad Green.

That trio accounted for over a third of the relief innings and over 61 percent of the team’s reliever fWAR and yet have provided precious little to the team’s historic start to the season. Green is out for the season to Tommy John surgery, Loáisiga has been out since May with a shoulder injury and was ineffective prior to…