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The Blue Jays Shouldn’t Overlook This Bullpen Weakness

SI Feed·Yirsandy Rodriguez·about 6 hours ago
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It is no secret that the Blue Jays ’ bullpen concentrated its best level in the impact of Louis Varland , Spencer Miles and Tyler Rogers throughout the entire season, without leaving out Jeff Hoffman, who lost the closer’s job after the inconsistencies he went through during the first month of the campaign, but then managed to make adjustments and finished by recording the highest strikeout rate in the entire bullpen, with 14.06 K/9, in addition to the third-highest fWAR, in 48 innings before going on to reinforce the Minnesota Twins at the trade deadline.

So Varland, Rogers and Miles carried the bullpen from beginning to end. The most surprising thing is that they finished the season combining for a 1.62 ERA in 186 relief appearances, with 39 holds, 41 saves —35 of them were by Varland— and only six blown saves, which resulted in an impressive 93.0% save percentage.

Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Louis Varland (77).…

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