Yankees Were Literally Built for Potential Game 6 'Bullpen Game' Matchup

There has been a lot of focus on the New York Yankees' bullpen of late, as well the possibility of a "bullpen game" in the ALCS against the Houston Astros.

Well, Yankees fans, your team was literally built to win a matchup like this, even in an elimination game where everything's on the line. Why, you ask?

As much as people want to complain about Aaron Boone's "overmanaging" during the playoffs and how that may have contributed to a couple of Yankee losses, the bullpen strategy has, for the most part, been working as effectively as it possibly could.

If only Adam Ottavino could find a way to avoid imploding every time he took the mound. If there's one reliever to worry about, it's him. At this point, Yankee fans would almost rather see Luis Cessa and Jonathan Loaisiga on the mound rather than Ottavino.

Otherwise, starting a game with Chad Green for two or three innings and then handing the rest of the game off to the bullpen is as efficient of a strategy as the Yankees could hope for.

It's not the bullpen's fault that Domingo German was suspended two weeks before the season came to an end, leaving the rotation without a fourth starter.

It's not the bullpen's fault Brian Cashman chose not to sign another starter in the offseason, someone like Patrick Corbin who would've provided much-needed additional depth to the rotation not just for the playoffs, but for the entire season.

The Yankees made it this far by having the best bullpen in the entire league and consistently relying on them. There's no reason for Boone to deviate from that game plan tonight, through thick and thin.