September 16, 2010

Wood leading Yankees bullpen charge

When Brian Cashman acquired Kerry Wood this trade deadline, Jon Heyman posted at tweet that now makes him look like a genius.
heyman tweet

At the time, I doubted Heyman’s use of “great.” I was dead wrong. Wood has been nothing short of great with the Yankees, allowing just one run over 20-2/3 innings (0.44 ERA).

The rest of the bullpen has followed Wood’s lead since the All-Star break.

Name IP ER BB K ERA WHIP
Kerry Wood 20.2 1 11 24 0.44 1.06
Joba Chamberlain 26.0 8 7 26 2.77 1.04
David Robertson 24.0 4 11 31 1.50 1.08
Mariano Rivera 19.2 4 5 10 1.83 1.12
Boone Logan 18.1 2 6 23 0.98 0.93

A great bullpen is often the key to postseason success. But the Yankees’ starters and offense will have to hand the bullpen the lead in order for the bullpen to be successful.

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