This years version of the Rays should be the textbook definition of how to assemble a bullpen. Have about 7 solid starters on the roster, have the best 5 start, other 2 in the pen, and the rest of the pen consists of journeymen signed to moderate contracts/ former closers who crumbled and they snagged them off the scrap heap.

Baseball traditionalists have fucked up bullpens for the most part. The save is really a worthless stat. Math shows time-and-time again that you should use your best relief pitcher in high leverage situations, and most teams don't do this. The players themselves also wouldn't be happy doing this, because it's still save totals that get you big contracts. Thus, when your team is up 3-2 in the 7th inning, and your starter has loaded the bases with only 1 out, the manager brings in a guy with a 4.85 era whose fastball tops out at 91, because the flamethrower is going to wait for the 9th....IF you still have the lead. It's idiotic.