There’s a nasty rumor going around that the San Francisco Giants bullpen isn’t that good.
Don’t listen to that rumor. In fact, don’t listen to rumors. Rumors are bad, unless they’re a Fleetwood Mac album. And even that’s not Rumors it’s Rumours, so we’re really working with technicalities here.
People think the Giants have a shaky bullpen primarily for two reasons.
The first is that the bullpen got off to a poor start to the season, and it’s always easier to form an opinion than change one.
And the second is that, in any given year, I’d estimate that between 27 and 29 fanbases think their team has a poor bullpen, because every team blows leads, and you remember the blown leads.