Over/Under- Bullpen

With the offense and the rotation previewed and projected that leaves only the bullpen...


2012 Projections:
Pap Smear is an elite closer, one of the best in the game, and has been so for a long time. He'll do just fine in Philly.

Jonathan Papelbon - 41 SV, 67 IP, 77 K, 2.64/1.05.

Old Dirty Bastardo will be the primary setup man after Manuel figures out Qualls is overrated.

Antonio Bastardo - 18 HLD, 63 IP, 75 K, 3.12/1.17.

Qualls is overrated. Petco skewed his numbers.

Chad Qualls - 13 HLD, 71 IP, 44 K, 4.36/1.38.

Contreras is older than Jaime Moyer, whether the back of his baseball card says it or not. He's a huge injury risk, but should be effective when he actually pitches.

Jose Contreras - 6 HLD, 39 IP, 38 K, 3.79/1.29.

Stutes builds upon a solid rookie campaign and becomes a bullpen mainstay.

Michael Stutes - 12 HLD, 60 IP, 64 K, 3.33/1.24.

Kendrick is first in line to replace anyone in the rotation. He'll get some starts, but mostly see long relief, and is not going to post a low 3 ERA like he did last season.

Kyle Kendrick - 5 W, 77 IP, 39 K, 4.47/1.35.

Herndon isn't good and he isn't horrible. He's mediocre, and fine for mop-up duty, which is exactly what you can expect to get when you make a Rule 5 selection.

David Herndon - 34 IP, 21 K, 4.20/1.42.

Savery will become the 2nd lefty out of the bullpen once the Phillies figure out Dontrelle Willis still sucks.

Joe Savery - 27 IP, 25 K, 3.74/1.33.

*Phillippe Aumont, Brian Sanches, Michael Schwimer, and Justin De Fratus will log some innings too, but I'm not predicting that outcome.

*Dontrelle Willis gets released before Opening Day, or shortly thereafter.