Every Pittsburgh Pirates fan can remember the days of “The Hammer” Joel Hanrahan, “Grilled Cheese Time” with Jason Grilli or “Dancin with Melancon.” Oh, and how could anyone forget when Tony Watson took the ball and did his job.
Every one of those memories have one thing in common, winning baseball. Safe to say that winning team needs to have a consistent shut-down bullpen, so what does the 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen look like? What about the future of the bullpen?
Let’s take a look at what the current group has to offer, and a look in to the future of a group that was once the exciting end to a night of Pirate baseball on the North Side of town.