Why Mason Miller, Padres' bullpen must 'shorten' games for Craig Stammen

Why Mason Miller, Padres' bullpen must 'shorten' games for Craig Stammen originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The San Diego Padres could be one of the many teams searching for starting pitching help at the trade deadline.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, though, because Opening Day was yesterday and there are still months to go before the deadline. Still, Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter is not high on the starting rotation this season for the Padres. He believes it will be up to the bullpen to do most of the dirty work due to a lack of innings thrown by starters.

Simply, Reuter is not very impressed with the arms San Diego is starting the season with. But on paper, the Padres' bullpen is one of the best in baseball. Bullpen will 'shorten a lot of games' for Padres "How high does the best bullpen in baseball push the Padres up these rankings?

With Mason Miller, Adrian Morejón, Jeremiah Estrada, and eventually Jason Adam, they are going to shorten a lot of games," Reuter wrote Friday. "That will likely be necessary with Randy Vasquez, Germán Márquez, and Walker Buehler all penciled into rotation spots. Joe Musgrove is likely to be put on an innings limit once he finally returns from Tommy John surgery.