Is it really smart for a small market team to spend so much money on middle relievers like Riske and Hawkins. One of Melvin's biggest issues is that he spends way too much money on the bullpen. Sure Riske might have pitched ok if he was healthy but we still shouldnt be spending good money on middle relievers. Add that to paying Hoffman 8 mil per season and the absolute waste of 10 million on Gagne and you can see a pattern on overpaying for relievers. To be fair, if Riske works out, I think he is the closer. I always got the sense that he was going to replace Gagne the following year if everything went ok.