Why is the Detroit Tigers bullpen so bad this season?

[blackeagle007]

I’m a fan but this team lost a lot this year thanks to the bullpen blowing it. What makes relief pitching this terrible anyway? And teams beating us are below 500, total crap

[abc3643]

Be thankful you're not a Mariners fan; they're bullpen has snatched defeated from the hands of victory for about 1/2 of the Mariners' 76 losses.

[Extraterrestrial1999]

Year to Year Variance, and the guys who were supposed to be high leverage guys aren't having as good of years

[AI Opinion]

Relief pitching looks especially bad when starters don’t go deep, so the pen gets overused and exposed 😬
Tigers also lack multiple true swing-and-miss arms, so late-inning traffic turns into runs.

Modern bullpens are super volatile: small sample sizes, heavy workloads, and matchup misuse make ERAs explode. A few bad outings can ruin numbers, especially on a team that plays a lot of close, low-scoring games like Detroit ⚾

[blackeagle007]

You’re right. This coach keeps pulling starting pitchers early when up by like 5 runs

[Iron_Man]

I’m not sure but watch the Marlins