The New York Yankees bullpen has the possibility of being
absolutely ridiculous in 2015, but in a good way. Aroldis Chapman, even with a
suspension, will be the Yankees closer for the season while some combination of
Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances will pitch behind him in the 7th
and 8th innings respectively. Behind this three headed monster will
be a collection of arms drawn from an ever growing pool of pitchers that were
either under contract from previous seasons or acquired in trades this
offseason. Either way this is going to be one heck of a prediction post to land
down since there will be so many moving parts but I’m going to go ahead anyway
and take a stab at predicting the Yankees bullpen that breaks spring training
camp this season.
Aroldis Chapman
Andrew Miller
Dellin Betances
Chasen Shreve
James Pazos
Nick Rumbelow
Bryan Mitchell
Ivan Nova
I’m not entirely sold on Kirby Yates although he is
right-handed in what is looking to be a very left-handed heavy middle relief
core for the Yankees. I honestly don’t know much about the acquisitions of
Tyler Olson or what the likes of Anthony Swarzak can bring but I do know that
the Yankees need another right-handed arm in that pen. Olson throws left-handed
and Swarzak, unless he dominates this spring, is not on the 40 man roster
leaving Nick Goody, Nick Rumbelow and Branden Pinder vying for possibly one
spot, maybe two.
I would personally have Jacob Lindgren on my roster but I
feel like, again barring a spectacular spring, the Yankees will want him back
down in Triple-A to start the season to ease back into things after elbow
surgery. For that reason James Pazos will get the shot, the Yankees and manager
Joe Girardi love their LOOGY’s, while Nick Rumbelow wins the final spot up for
grabs. It could be Goody and it could be Pinder, honestly Pinder was used more
often than any of them while Goody was used the most sparingly, but I’m going
with my gut on this one and I’m going with Rumbelow, right or wrong.
Those are my predictions, what are yours? Leave them below
in the comments section!
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