CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/31/2025 at 10:01 PM, Look at Ray Ray Run said: I still am not really sold on the bullpen so I'm hesitant to really change anything about my expectations. While I agree last year was a fluke - they led baseball in blown saves despite the fewest opps - this team is arguably worse on paper. Paper doesn't mean anything, but the fact you can argue that isn't a glowing endorsement for the group. Expand You can argue anything though with or without facts. I thought overall the SP and BP would both be better. I don't think it was wishful thinking either. Maybe a little since it is spring but I thought Burke, Martin had good potential, Cannon and Perez could be steady and then they got a Wild card who started to look great with Smith. Remains to be seen if they can consistently be what I thought . BP same thing. I liked some of the low-cost arms and I basically trust Bannister being given a long leash seeing guys he likes from the junk pile and spruce them up a little. Again always a crap shoot when working with those kind of arms but they really seemed to focus on giving up less walks and taking more walks offensively. That goes a long way towards scoring more runs if you run into one occasionally which is still their biggest problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 If the Sox bullpen pans out, heist up the Cubs in trades. Their bullpen looks like it is going to be putrid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/31/2025 at 9:15 PM, wegner said: .500 is fun Expand What a difference a couple of years can make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/31/2025 at 10:01 PM, Look at Ray Ray Run said: I still am not really sold on the bullpen so I'm hesitant to really change anything about my expectations. While I agree last year was a fluke - they led baseball in blown saves despite the fewest opps - this team is arguably worse on paper. Paper doesn't mean anything, but the fact you can argue that isn't a glowing endorsement for the group. Expand If I remember correctly in one of Robin Ventura's managing years the bullpen looked great for the first month or so. But they got overused and fell off a cliff. It truly is a wait and see proposition with an MLB bull pen, which are often a crapshoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/31/2025 at 10:01 PM, Look at Ray Ray Run said: I still am not really sold on the bullpen so I'm hesitant to really change anything about my expectations. While I agree last year was a fluke - they led baseball in blown saves despite the fewest opps - this team is arguably worse on paper. Paper doesn't mean anything, but the fact you can argue that isn't a glowing endorsement for the group. Expand Yep. Only 4 games in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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