Bullpen in 2025: duck and cover

[imref]

5.91 ERA

TalkNats notes that the combined bullpen salary is just above league average.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

5.91 ERA

TalkNats notes that the combined bullpen salary is just above league average.

counting the dead  money on the released players?

[Slateman]

counting the dead  money on the released players?

I mean, the released players weren't making much. Finnegan is making 6 and Chafin is making 1. Everyone else is making the minimum.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I mean, the released players weren't making much. Finnegan is making 6 and Chafin is making 1. Everyone else is making the minimum.

it has to count the 6 million or so in released players. I don't believe that MLB minimum plus $5+ million is an above-average bullpen. Every team that signed a FA closer is paying more than that, not even counting veteran and arb eligible set up guys..

[IanRubbish]

5.91 ERA

TalkNats notes that the combined bullpen salary is just above league average.

Yup, the released players made $7.5 million plus Derek Law makes $2.75 million. 

Nats bullpen costs more than the Giants, who have the lowest reliever ERA in MLB.

[IanRubbish]

I mean, the released players weren't making much. Finnegan is making 6 and Chafin is making 1. Everyone else is making the minimum.

Sims and Lopez made $3 million each.  Poche was signed to a minor league contract, but upgraded when he made the 40-man.

You also missed Derek Law who's making $2.75 million.  So they started the season with five players making more than minimum.  The Giants have/had two and a 2.99 bullpen ERA.