Cleveland Indians: An in-depth look at the New York Yankees

Projected Bullpen: 

Closer: LHP, Aroldis Chapman (1-1, 3.09 ERA) 3 SV’s, 2 BSLV’s

8th: LHP, Zack Britton (0-1, 1.89 ERA) 8 SV’s 0 BSV’s

Set up: RHP, Chad Green (0-3, 3.51 ERA) 25.2 IP, 32 K’s

Mid Relief: RHP, Adam Ottavino (0-2, 5.89 ERA) 18.1 IP, 25 K’s

Mid Relief: RHP, Luis Cessa (0-0, 3.32 ERA) 21.1 IP, 17 K’s

Mid Relief: RHP, Jonathan Holder (0-3, 4.98 ERA) 21.1 IP’s 14 K’s

Long Relief: RHP, Jonathan Loaisiga (3-3, 3.52 ERA) 23 IP, 22K’s

Long Relief: LHP, Jordan Montgomery (2-3, 5.11 ERA) 44 IP, 47 K’s

Long Relief: RHP, Deivi Garcia (3-2, 4.98 ERA) 34.1 IP, 33 K’s

When thinking about the New York Yankees’ strengths, most mention their bullpen ahead of their potent offense. This season, however, the New York bullpen has had their share of blunders.

The Yankees pen ranked middle of the pack as they finished with the 15th best ERA this season at 4.51. They saw both Aroldis Chapman and Luis Cessa join the team late as they both tested positive for COVID-19 in the preseason and watched normally reliable right-hander Adam Ottavino have one off the worst seasons’ of his career.

Despite this, New York still has some of baseball’s most feared relievers and many have impressive postseason numbers.

Chapman, who helped beat the Indians in the 2016 World Series as a member of the Chicago Cubs, has posted a 2.45 ERA with nine saves in 32 postseason games, Zack Britton has a 3.06 ERA with two saves in 17 games and Cessa has yet to allow a run in four innings of postseason work.

While not a lockdown bullpen, stringing together runs late against the Yankees is still no easy feat.