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Our Pal, The Bullpen

For those that missed it last night, Rick White didn't pitch all that well. Chad Qualls, however, was excellent, meaning that, overall, last night's game was only a lateral move from a corps that needs to move up.

Rarely has a group pitching so little allowed so much damage:

NL Reliever's IP
RK TEAM IP
14 Philadelphia 34-1/3
15 Houston 31-1/3
16 San Francisco 29-0/3
 
NL Reliever's WHIP
RK TEAM WHIP
14 Philadelphia 1.54
15 Houston 1.69
16 Atlanta 1.87
NL Reliever's ERA
RK TEAM ERA
14 San Francisco 4.34
15 Houston 4.60
16 Atlanta 4.79
 
NL Relievers' OPS Against
RK TEAM OPS Against
13 Houston .769
14 Atlanta .783
15 San Francisco .821
16 Philadelphia .829

I am of course being intentionally incendiary. We do expect the bullpen to be just fine in time. And the fact that their innings pitched is among the lowest in the league is only a good thing.

But they gotta get it going.