If one looks at the list of Yankees relievers who have missed time with injury this year, they would find a lot of names between those who are currently physically unable to play and those who have underperformed according to preseason expectations. Zack Britton, Aroldis Chapman, Jonathan Loáisiga, Michael King, Chad Green, Ron Marinaccio, Stephen Ridings, and Miguel Castro are some of those names. Only Chapman, Loáisiga, and Marinaccio are currently active from that list.
This is not to say the bullpen has been bad. It’s still a top unit, but injuries to Britton, Green, and King (most painfully for 2022) took some of the star-level performance off it, and the rest of the absences have sapped some valuable depth.