I know, it is early in the season and this usually wouldn't be a concern if it was just one game or maybe even two, but 4 games in, we haven't had one game where the bullpen hasn't given up 1 run, this includes games with are closer and top set up men blowing leads.
The stats don't lie: each relief pitchers respective stats:
Ramon Ramirez - 0.1 innings, 2 earned runs, 54.00 ERA
Jonathan Papelbon - 2.1 innings, 2 runs, 7.71 ERA
Scott Schoeneweis - 1.2 innings, 1 run, 5.40 ERA
Hideki Okajima - 1 inning, 1 run, 4.50 era
Daniel Bard - 4 innings, 1 earned run, 2.25 ERA... However he has given up 2 hits and 3 walks in those 4 innings.
Scott Atchison - 2 innings, 1 run, 4.50 ERA
Manny Delcarmen - 1 inning, 0 runs, 0.00 ERA
Combined In 11.2 innings bullpen has allowed 9 runs.
Should we be worried or just count it as early season struggles due to not being in the zone or not being used to the season yet or something like that?