Mike Wilner: Blue Jays bullpen has been soft in the middle
having been unreliable, the bridge from the starters to the end-of-game relievers has been awfully rickety.
But Garcia pitched himself out of winning opportunities; his shutout inning Tuesday whittled his ERA down to a still-ugly 5.46. Only twice in his last 20 appearances has he come into a game with the Jays leading. Bass got off to an awful start, posting a 7.71 ERA through May 3. He cleaned it up for the next month before Instagramming his way off the team but, even while giving up just three runs over his last 11 appearances, he hadn’t earned the trust to be used in big spots. The only game he pitched in over that span when the Jays weren’t trailing was in Pittsburgh, when he successfully protected an 8-2 lead in the seventh inning.
Trent Thornton just joined the bullpen, but has never been a reliable leverage arm, and Mitch White had his rehab stint cut short when Bass was let go and it has showed.
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