The Yankees rank second in the majors with a 3.00 ERA from the bullpen, so to call their relief corps a weakness would simply not be true.
However, it is fair to question whether a collection of largely unproven arms will continue to be successful in bridging the gap to All-Star closer Clay Holmes who is having another excellent season in the ninth-inning role.
Caleb Ferguson, Luke Weaver, Victor Gonzalez, Ian Hamilton and Dennis Santana have been the team’s most frequently used middle relievers, and no one from that group has much of a track record of late-inning success prior to this year.
It’s not out of the question to think the Yankees have cobbled together a successful relief corps with spare parts, but without a top-tier setup option, the bullpen still feels a bit like a house of cards at this point.
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