Since the closer returned on May 7th, the D-backs bullpen has been vastly improved from earlier in the season.
Paul Sewald has quickly become a fan favorite of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The closer has changed the team and bullpen for the better ever since the team acquired him from the Mariners last July. As was written about plenty last year, once he arrived, the bullpen became far better.
Not only can you see that with the eye test, but the advanced stats all say that the bullpen is completely different than it was before Sewald returned. Win Probability Added "quantifies the percent change in a team's chances of winning from one event to the next" per MLB. From Opening Day to May 6th, WPA was -1.00 and ranked 25th. This means that the unit was swinging games too improbable for a win.Wins Above Replacement measures a player or unit's value to winning above the average baseball player or unit. From Opening Day to May 6th, the bullpen ERA over those 35 games was just 2.0 WAR, ranked 21st in MLB.
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