Previewing The Bullpen

The bullpen is where the most improvement occured for Boston's pitching staff. The additions of Hideki Okajima, Joel Piniero, J.C. Romero and Brendan Donnelly will help the staff tremendously.

Theres not much to really predict with a bullpen. Bill James shows they will be a decent staff while PECOTA says they will be about where they were last year.

No one has bullpen numbers on Jonathan Papelbon because he wasn't expected to close.

My predictions are:

Bullpen: Solid season with a sub 4.00 era as a group.
Papelbon: 3-1 with a 1.12 era and 45 saves.