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It's definitely too early to say this, but there's a lot to like about the bullpen as of 4/13/22

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11 hours ago, yark14 said:

I'll repeat what I said the other day: Chorinos is a big factor in the success of our bullpen.  Can't wait for CoC to play devil's advocate.

Just got through DVR of the bullpen part of the game.   Tate's first pitch bases loaded 1-out Chirinos scrambled into the batter's box to cover it.   At that moment Yankees up 1-0, bases loaded 1 out were threatening to blow it open.

Later that at-bat the middle infield turned the 4-6-3 double play on Aaron Hicks, Mateo with a nice turn having to do that thing where SS had to approach the bag from the 2B side due to the infield shift, then change directions for the throw.

Near two-thirds of a perfect game ensued.

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The bullpen is currently the strongest aspect of the team right now, and it's not really close. It's extremely early and so a handful of these guys could plummet and it could change very quickly (most

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I'm pretty sure we say this every year.  Seems like every year the bullpen gets off to a great start and then regresses. Last year Adam Plutko looked like a great find for the 1st few weeks of th

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That is definitely a fair point. However every guy in the 'pen right now has better stuff than he does. It's at least encouraging that we don't have to rely on guys like him so far/yet. Same goes for

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Bullpen was great last night.  Had a real 2012 vibe to it.

Going forward, we'll see.  I believe I started a thread, or participated in one last year, around the end of April and I was effusive in my praise for them.

They immediately wilted under the pressure of having to carry an awful starting staff.

So far though there's a lot to like.

BTW, there was speculation about Tate after his last appearance and that should be put to bed now.  His velo was fine last night.

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1 hour ago, Just Regular said:

Grayson, Hall and Bradish replace Watkins, Lakins and Krehbiel/Fry and in a month it could be to a point where I wouldn't be sheepish about anyone on the roster pitching in MLB.

Krehbiel might be a keeper and I think it will be longer on Hall. Otherwise I agree *if* Akin/Baumann keep pitching well but that is a big if. 

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