The Tampa Bay Rays recently traded presumptive closer, Emilio Pagan, for an outfield insurance policy in Manuel Margot. The Rays finished first in all of baseball in relief ERA with a 3.66 earned run average. They obviously have immense confidence in their group to trade a player like Pagan.
Pagan finished last season with a 2.31 ERA and a 0.83 WHIP to go along with his 20 saves. Pagan struck out 96 batters in 70.0 innings. He was a workhorse reliever for the Rays.
Tampa Bay believes in the rest of the bulls in the pen.