The bullpen has been horrific. And the thing is - at least Breslow tried to improve the offense, whether you like his moves or not or expected more, at least he made moves.. He ignored the bullpen completely. Teams pitch about 1,450 IP per year, with starters handling maybe 800 of them, leaving about 650 IP for the bullpen. So in building a “pitching and defense” team, Breslow looked at the crew charged with handling about 45% of the pitching and thought “I’m sure it’ll work itself out.”