The Washington Nationals have an organizational bullpen problem

That’s no secret, the Washington Nationals bullpen is not good. In fact, it’s one of them I saw the worst baseball game Recent memories. In the unit 7.22 jaw drop ERA After a strong struggle with the series against the Guardian. But the wings don’t have any help.

When the bullpen is struggling, teams often turn to triple-A teams and find diamonds in the rough. Often, you can find a nasty bailout just by giving a shot to a relatively unknown man. These days there are many players who have the nasty things waiting for in Triple A. However, it appears that none of these people are in the nation. The Triple A Rochester bullpen is just as bad as the Major League bullpen.

This is a serious problem and a failure by management. For many organizations, the bullpen arm is the easiest. All you really need to do is find a man with a lively arm who has a somewhat decent idea of ​​where it is heading. People who have never heard of anyone becoming a star bailout every year.

Have you heard of Justin Sterner? No, I didn’t think so. He has Not allowed to execute This year’s A’s appearances have been 18 times. A also developed Lucas Erceg, a reliever that was previously flammable as a 3 base prospect. They exchanged him for the royal family for a powerful package. There are two pitchers For the lowest XWOBA A pitcher faced with 50 batters.

Mike Rizzo doesn’t find these people often enough. Yes, he’s got some gems before, especially Kyle Finnegan and Robert Garcia. Amazing year in Texas. However, these findings are rare.

All Finnegans also have Trevor Rosenthal, Colin Pouch and Lucas Sims. When the NAT was in the competing windows, it seemed they had to scramble to rebuild the bullpen every year. It doesn’t have to be like this.

Many teams hope to have more bullpen arms, but most teams don’t have a completely blown bullpen crisis, as did the NAT of the Mike Rizzo era. Mike Rizzo has many advantages as an executive. He has a very strong track record in trading and has won many wins in free agency.

But I think sometimes his weaknesses are being expanded even more into this era of baseball. Player development and bullpen are just as important as ever. These areas are not Lizzo’s strengths. His track record in the draft was spotty at best, and his poor bullpen building brought multiple seasons of crisis that were completely blown away.

He can still stop some big deals. Juan Soto’s trade gave the Nationals a great young core. His signature and trade for Jamer Candelario was just as great business as Lane Thomas’ experience. However, this roster relies heavily on people who have come through trade and free institutions, rather than homemade talent.

Who is the best and truly homemade player of the Nationals right now? Maybe Mitchell Parker or Lewis Garcia Jr. They are great players, but the lack of core that the house has grown is a bit of a problem. You need someone to come all the way through your organization.

They couldn’t do that enough. The organizational depth wasn’t even there. A few days ago they had to Sign two arms We’ve made it possible to clean up Rochester’s pitching staff, including former big leaguer Adrian Sampson. There were a few injuries, but it doesn’t look the best. There must be someone in the organization waiting with their wings.

The lack of options on the farm is a major reason why this bullpen remains relatively unchanged. The bailers posting more than 7 ERAs in Triple A are not superior to those in the Big League’s seven era.

There have been a lot of positive talk this year. James Wood is becoming one of the best hitters in baseball. Mackenzie Gore and CJ Abrams are both taking a big step towards becoming stars. However, some of it is hidden by organizations that cannot build a roster. This offseason, the public has not been able to find bullpen capabilities at the major league level or at the farm. Mike Rizzo did a lot of great things at DC, but he failed in a big way here.