Pen is horrible due to injuries. Atkins has had to scramble getting arms. Carl Edwards Jr comes to mind. We are just hoping for the pen to do their job.

Thornton is less of a long guy and more of a multi-inning reliever. A good bullpen needs both. There have been numerous games lately where it would have been best if Montoyo just finished the game with one reliever instead of, say, three, but when you have 9 guys somebody usually needs work. Hopefully the pitching staff can stabilize a bit so guys like Kay and Thornton can be used properly to give nights off to the rest of the bullpen and keep everybody as fresh as possible.

Thornton has not been very good as a multi-inning reliever.
You want to bring in a reliever who throws harder, so that the hitters are behind on the fastball.
A guy with a funky delivery is good. A guy with a bunch of breaking balls and no control is not.
Hitters don't have to sit on any pitches, they can wait until the count is in their favor and swing hard if it's close.
Good relievers focus on fewer pitches and throw harder. They don't walk many.
That's not Thornton at all. I'd much prefer Payamps as a multi-inning guy.

Cimber if fine because he throws strikes and the hitters don't have time to figure out what's coming.
Thornton seems to need a bunch of pitches to figure out what's working for him that day.

They could shuffle some guys back and forth depending on the opponent.
If they don't need 3 lefty, drop Saucedo and bring in Payamps, for example.

You don't want to overuse the top guys or underuse the rest of the pen so they are not sharp when brought in.

Tellez is probably just depth for now.
They could bring him in if an outfielder goes to the DL, for example.
Maybe Smith gets a chance if they need an infielder.

I don't think they trade an outfielder.
They should just outright Davis when Dickerson is ready.

Relievers are cheap. I wouldn't be surprised if Baltimore trades a reliever for just international pool money.
How many buyers will be after relievers? Not the Rays. Probably not Boston (starter or bust for them).
Not the Yankees. Can't really think of another team in the AL who needs relief help and is willing to trade for it.
Not paying much attention to the NL.

Also, they should work on throwing good high fast balls.
Way too many relievers (and starters) who throw their heater too high to get a strike.
It shouldn't be that hard. Aim for the catcher's mask.

His 1 or fewer innings games were 9 games, 8 IP 9 H 14 R 7 ER 6 BB 8 K for a 7.88 ERA (ugh). Clearly not a 1 inning guy

Are the numbers bad because he's "not a 1 inning guy" or are his short outing stats poor because ineffectiveness means he doesn't record 3 outs?

The bullpen seems to be coming back into shape - Cimber makes a big difference. Even if we assume we never see Merryweather again this season, it doesn't look that bad on paper going forward:

Romano - Closer
Borucki - Setup
Cimber - Setup
Mayza - Lefty specialist
Kay - Long

That's five guys towards the back of the pen who I think are pretty respectable in those roles. Obviously if Merryweather ever stays healthy, he makes a sixth, and makes the bullpen much deeper. Castro and Saucedo have performed well, but need to establish themselves over a longer period. If Merryweather doesn't return, we could definitely use another RH setup-type guy.

Dolis and Chatwood are broken. Dolis had a shiny ERA last year, but his estimators were merely good, and he's done nothing this year to earn a continued spot on the roster. At this point, I have to assume Chatwood's early dominance was a result of sticky stuff, and until he proves otherwise, he's a reclamation project. Barnes and Payamps haven't done enough to be anything other than injury depth. I'm wary of looking at Thornton's splits to say he's good as a long-man - you're selecting for his good outings where he gets into a second inning to a certain extent. He might be useful to a team that needs starting depth - on this team, I think he's been decisively surpassed by Kay as a long man, and I'd move him to AAA to see if he can improve with more regular work.

Payamp is a young guy on his last option with good fastballs (2-seamer and 4-seamer), a decent slider and a change.
Historically, his problem was control, but it's been pretty good with the Jays.
Barnes is a veteran who has been borderline replacement level. He's been fiddling with his stuff to keep his career alive.
He throws mostly a fastball and a cutter. First year he threw the fastball more and was mixing a slider. Next 3 years he dropped the slider and mixed the fastball and cutter evenly. Last 2 years, he's added a splitter and throws it around 5% of the time. He's pitched mostly in the NL, so he gets the benefits of hitters not being familiar with his stuff.

Generally the pen is taking a decent form but boy would it be nice to add another piece. Richard Rodriguez from the Pirates has to be #1 on the list. He is reported as available, that team is dead last and going nowhere. 11-2 in save opportunities, 0.8 BB/9 vs 7.5 K/9 so not a shiny strikeout guy, but doesn't walk people which would be heavenly to see. What is funny is before 2021 he was a K guy with 10.3 K/9 but he appears to have adjusted this year. Not a free agent anytime soon (after 2023) so he'd be a longer term piece. Hasn't been a closer before (just 5 saves before 2021) so he'd probably not fight a move to setup/closer mix with Romero. Could be a Ward/Henke type combo at the end - oh that was so nice back in the early 90's.

Texas has Ian Kennedy who is only signed for 2021 so probably cheaper to acquire. 14-1 in saves-bsv, 2.2 BB/9 vs 9.8 K/9, saved 30 2 years ago so has a track record (was a starter before that). He'd be nice.

Miami has Yimi Garcia who is a free agent after this year too. 13-3 in saves/bsv, 3.1 BB/9 vs 9.3 K/9 so solid but not a 'wow'. A guy who depends on price. I wouldn't give up too much but Miami may not be looking for a lot either.

KC has some guys but they are still in their cheap years and far from free agency so I don't see anything coming there. Baltimore just sucks.

That is a quick check of the bottom feeders, but others might be willing to do trades too. July will be interesting from that perspective. I expect at least one more guy added to the pen, but who will it be and what will the cost be?

Rowdy traded to the Brewers for RHP Trevor Richards and RHP Bowden Francis.

So I went and looked at Baseball Savant again today. This in regards to following up on Chatwood being someone who clearly lost sticky stuff and dropped 3-4 hundred rpm on spin rate. I looked at both Dolis and Romano. Dolis surprisingly hasn't shown signs of spin rate drop. (although its somewhat inconclusive since he just has been injured lately) Romano actually shows similar to Chatwood with a 3 hundred or so drop on most pitches. It seems like he's managed to work his way through it though.