Bullpen

[stringer bell]

I have believed for some time that the Twins need to augment the pitchers they have in the bullpen and I still believe that. However, I certainly like what I see in Magill and Duffey. First of all, there's plenty of velocity for the reinvented Duffey and also Magill. Their numbers look good so far this year.

 

I do want to see them perform in higher leverage situations, before I'm sold, but signs are promising. Harper has also been very good and seems to be the choice to replace Hildenerger in the bullpen rotation, but I wonder if his effectiveness will diminish as the league learns about him. 

 

I thought May would perhaps be the guy to step forward, but so far I'm haven't seen enough to believe in him.

 

The team's insanely good stretch won't last forever, so I'm sure we'll see the bullpen tested. I do want to see how it holds up before a lot of assets are spent on a bullpen guy.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

The bullpen will get tested during the season, but nothing like the post season. I don’t think you need the test to know that you don’t have enough bullpen for October/November. At least one more high end reliever ASAP and then see what you got heading into late July.