Colorado Rockies: Four quotes that explain so much about the bullpen

"“This group is pretty much the group that we’re going to have going forward. With all the guys who are here as veteran relievers, if those guys put up some zeroes, they gain confidence and they gain some momentum. They start feeling good about their stuff. They start making better pitches I believe once they’re more aggressive.”"

These words are important to see. It tells Rockies fans that there aren’t going to be changes when it comes to the bullpen. The veteran guys, like Shaw and McGee, are going to stay in the bullpen. Their role may change (we’ll talk about that in a moment), but they are going to be a part of the Rockies bullpen for the foreseeable future.

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And Black is right. It’s about these guys who have thrown for a while getting their mojo back and believing they can hit the spots when they need to hit them. Most of the bullpen’s struggles can be pointed back to location. As Mickey Callaway, New York Mets manager and Shaw’s pitching coach in Cleveland before he signed with Colorado, told me in this article, he isn’t seeing anything different in Shaw … except where the pitches are being placed.

Confidence is a tricky thing … but it’s also something that the Rockies bullpen needs. Right now, Adam Ottavino and Harrison Musgrave are arguably the two strongest members of the bullpen … and remember that Musgrave is a rookie.

The veterans need to find their mojo … and their ability to locate a pitch.