It's Always Tease, Tease, Tease. Episode V

Time to take a look at the core of the bullpen, folks:

Chappie:  Hard to see how we're not stuck with him.  And really, I know it's unfair even to put it that way.

For two years now, Machine Gun has really done a fine job for us, with just the occasional meltdown.  We were all spoiled by The Great One.

The ridiculous thing was that he practically had to beg to be taken out this year when his leg was about to fall off—yet another in what would turn out to be a long series of baffling and amateurish coaching/managing failures.

Britton:  Worth trying to bring back?  And at what price?  This is the trouble with rentals.

There were ups, there were downs.  Is he on his way back to being one of the best relievers in the American League?  Or on the downhill?

Chad:  A surprisingly erratic year.  But overall, more dependable than not.

The other question:  do we revive this spring's idea to make him a starter?

Houdini:  Now it starts to get tough.  Robertson has done so much for us—and when the going got toughest, he still looked pretty damned tough.

There were definite signs of age, too, though.  The question is, do we have a ready replacement?

Toonces:  What has become the team's perennial question mark.

Thing is, though, Betances was one of the very few Yankees who actually improved this year—and, one of the very few we might get something for, from a team looking at formidable statistics.

If we keep him...are we letting ourselves in for yet more histrionics?

Esta indecision me molesta...