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Let's see who's in the bullpen for 2021: Cleveland Indians Top 10 Right Now

Let’s see who’s in the bullpen for 2021: Cleveland Indians Top 10 Right Now
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Where have all the Indians’ relievers gone?
Closer Brad Hand, lefty Oliver Perez and sidearmer Adam Cimber departed after last season. Tyler Clippard, Nick Goody, Tyler Olson and Dan Otero left after the 2019 season. Franchise saves leader Cody Allen and 2016 ALCS MVP Andrew Miller left following 2018 season. As the Indians have cut payroll, there has been a talent drain in the bullpen.
Still, the performance of the pen, with the exception of a 4.60 ERA in 2018, has been steady. The Indians pen finished with the third best ERA in the AL in 2020 and 2019. They led the AL with a 2.89 ERA in 2017.

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Scouting the Prospects Acquired for Jameson Taillon

January 24, 2021
Sunday, the Pirates traded starter Jameson Taillon to the Yankees for a package of four prospects. Dan Szymborksi will provide in-depth analysis of the deal as it pertains to the Yankees soon, though I’ll note to start that with the return of Luis Severino and Domingo Germán and the additions of Corey Kluber and now Taillon, the Yankees rotation will be reliant on several high-risk, high-reward starters this season.
Of course, nobody likes trading away good big leaguers, especially those who the club and city care about for reasons beyond their on-field performance. Taillon has persevered through a lot, including testicular cancer and an August 2019 Tommy John, the second such surgery of his career. When he next steps on a big league mound, it will have been nearly two years since he last did so. That layoff (he has been throwing live BP to hitters since late last summer and has been throwing bullpens during the offseason) creates volatility that mirrors the added volatility of this particular prospect package. Taillon could be an anchor of the Yankees rotation next year or might be a shell of himself. Regardless of which he would have been in Pittsburgh, the Pirates are not ready to compete and so I think they did well to trade him for four good prospects today, acquiring upside but also mitigating risk by getting several players in return.

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Top 39 Prospects: Toronto Blue Jays | FanGraphs Baseball

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After a healthy 2019, albeit one during which he was asked to work just four innings per start, Pearson once again had an injury hiccup in 2020. This time his malady, described as right elbow tightness, was actually arm-related after he had previously dealt with an intercostal strain and a fractured ulna caused by a comebacker. The Blue Jays shut him down for about a month, and when Pearson returned he did so as a reliever. Upon coming back, his fastball velocity was not only intact but he threw harder than he did as a starter before he was shut down (he averaged 99 mph after “only” throwing 96 as a starter). After just one post-injury regular season outing, Pearson came out of the bullpen in the final game of Toronto’s Wild Card round loss to the Rays, and absolutely paved over Tampa Bay hitters who had just shelled Hyun Jin Ryu. The question the industry hoped Pearson would answer in 2020 was, “Can this guy hold upper-90s cheese all year, every fifth day, as a starter?” I think the answer to that is probably no, and I also think that based on how difficult it’s been for him to build a starter’s inning count in the minors, Pearson might spend his first couple of big league seasons in some kind of truncated starter’s role or as a multi-inning relief weapon.

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Top 49 Prospects: Los Angeles Dodgers | FanGraphs Baseball

Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary.

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Top 46 Prospects: Boston Red Sox | FanGraphs Baseball

Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary.

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Top 38 Prospects: Minnesota Twins | FanGraphs Baseball

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Top 34 Prospects: Chicago White Sox | FanGraphs Baseball

December 18, 2020
Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Chicago White Sox. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as my own observations. As there was no minor league season in 2020, there are some instances where no new information was gleaned about a player. Players whose write-ups have not been altered begin by telling you so. For the others, the blurb ends with an indication of where the player played in 2020, which in turn likely informed the changes to their report. As always, I’ve leaned more heavily on sources from outside the org than within for reasons of objectivity. Because outside scouts were not allowed at the alternate sites, I’ve primarily focused on data from there. Lastly, in effort to more clearly indicate relievers’ anticipated roles, you’ll see two reliever designations, both in lists and on The Board: MIRP, or multi-inning relief pitcher, and SIRP, or single-inning relief pitcher.

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Top 45 Prospects: Boston Red Sox | FanGraphs Baseball

Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary.

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Top 36 Prospects: Cincinnati Reds | FanGraphs Baseball

December 23, 2020
Below is an analysis of the prospects in the farm system of the Cincinnati Reds. Scouting reports were compiled with information provided by industry sources as well as my own observations. As there was no minor league season in 2020, there are some instances where no new information was gleaned about a player. Players whose write-ups have not been altered begin by telling you so. For the others, the blurb ends with an indication of where the player played in 2020, which in turn likely informed the changes to their report. As always, I’ve leaned more heavily on sources from outside the org than within for reasons of objectivity. Because outside scouts were not allowed at the alternate sites, I’ve primarily focused on data from there. Lastly, in effort to more clearly indicate relievers’ anticipated roles, you’ll see two reliever designations, both in lists and on The Board: MIRP, or multi-inning relief pitcher, and SIRP, or single-inning relief pitcher.

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Top 32 Prospects: Chicago White Sox | FanGraphs Baseball

Top 32 Prospects: Chicago White Sox | FanGraphs Baseball
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