What the numbers show is that our top relievers have performed at a merely decent level, and our middle level guys have been horrible.  We haven't had a "Hafner" performer (like the Twins and Tigers have had), and we've had several holes.  Recipe for a bad pen.

Of course, they were expected to be somewhat better than that, but they haven't been bad.  Betancourt in particular has been okay, all in all, but when your second-best reliever is just okay, well, we all know what that looks like.

I guess the main point is that there's a difference between "disappointing" and "bad."  Sort of gets back to that A-Rod article.