Out of everyone in the pen right now, even though Heilman is facing the most criticism, I truly feel that the Sosa is the one on the wire. Sosa is the pitcher in the pen that, for some reason, a pitcher cannot make his scheduled start, he is the spot starter. With the way he is pitching right now, he cannot be that spot starter because he cannot get out of innings. Last year, Sosa had to be sent down to AAA for a bit of time, and came back and was more effective. He is very close for a repeat trip.
If that happens, there are three pitchers I feel have a good chance of coming up. The first one, Collazo, is the least likely of the three because he is an actually RP, this spot has to be filled by a SP/RP. Collazo struggled this Spring and last season, but so far, he has been lights out in AAA. He has pitched 8 games, which add up to 16.0 IP. He has posted a 1.69 ERA, one walk, 7 strikeouts and 0.94 WHIP. The numbers look good for him right now.
The two more likely candidates are Ruddy Lugo and Bostick. Both of these pitchers can be SP and be RP, which is what Sosa is. Lugo so far this season has posted a 2-1 record, 2.88 ERA in 4 games, 25.0 IP, only 4 walks and 26 K. Bostick also has good numbers, 2-1 record, 2.97 ERA, 5 G, 30.1 IP, 13 BB and 17 K.
When it comes to these two pitchers, Lugo has the upper hand because of his amazing walk to strikeout ration. A better assessment of the situation will be when Lugo makes his fifth start so the numbers are even between Bostick and Lugo. At this point, we might need to shake things up a bit in the pen by just switching on pitcher, you never know what can happen.
