The Blue Jays beleaguered bullpen has been very quietly outstanding for a week now.

Overall, the numbers still aren’t great , but the relief corps has climbed up to the middle of the pack with a 3.98 ERA that ranks 13th in the majors. They were 17th overall entering September, at 4.09.

A lot of that has to do with the relievers’ work this month.

The bullpen gave up four runs in a 13-9 win in Cincinnati on September 3, and in the 12 games since, they’ve only allowed eight more, over 39 2/3 innings, for a 1.82 ERA that’s second in the majors to, believe it or not, the vagabond Athletics at 1.70.

The only reliever who has given up more than one run over that span is Louis Varland , who has allowed two in five innings of work. Yariel Rodriguez, who gave up a run in the seventh inni

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