December 8, 2020

Bullpen Rebuild

The Angels continue their bullpen rebuild by taking advantage of the Reds wanting to save money. Cincinnati sends closer Raisel Iglesias to the Angels for reliever Noe Ramirez. Ramirez is a back of the bullpen reliever with a high strikeout rate, but is prone to give up walks and home runs. Iglesias makes a good deal of money:

Iglesias will make $9,125,000 next season in the final year of his contract. The trade allows the Reds to save money while putting a cornerstone in the Angels’ bullpen, which is being rebuilt by rookie general manager Perry Minasian this offseason.

APNews.com

I can see where the Angels might be taking a page out of the Rays bullpen playbook. The Rays tend to remake their bullpen quite often, never really going long term on a reliever. All stats for relievers tend to be small sample sizes, so trying to stay away from long term contracts with these players is a good idea.

It could also be rather than fixing the starting pitching, the Angels will just shorten the time their starters stay in the game and depend more on the bullpen.

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