Before the season, I thought the pen would rank around 15-20 in the league, and I don’t think that was a terrible take. (Please tell me if it was) But it has looked 25-30 thus far. I think the reason it’s been this bad is that none of our relievers really have any sort of confidence, because that will often lead to control issues. We’re seeing countless walks being handed out by guys like Colome and Duffey. Rogers and Alcala keep giving up hits and making some pretty terrible pitches. If there was more confidence in those guys I think the pen would rank somewhere around 15 in the league. If it can at the very least stay out of the bottom 10 and the offense looks like it did in 2019 and the rotation continues to produce we should be fine. But of course if we want to win in the playoffs our pen needs to be better than 15. Probably Top 10. This is why we need at least one, probably two more quality arms come July. Falvine does deserve blame for not getting enough arms but I think the main issue here is the coaching and the relievers themselves.