I don’t think any of us expected the San Francisco Giants to be in the position of having the best bullpen in Baseball at any point in the season, and yet here we are. Since May 15 (and I’ll give my reason for that date in just a second), they’ve amassed 2.7 wins above replacement in value, according to FanGraphs, nearly twice as good as the next best arm barn: the Miami Marlins (1.5).
Looking at the Cardinals for their series, I saw what we all saw in that they had started rough before sort of improving elsewhere over the last few weeks.