Take notice: Goss, Wiest and Picard have been dominant out of bullpen

Photo by Roger Crowley

You know a reliever is doing his job when he rarely gets noticed. That's the case for the Vermont duo of Dalton Goss, Ty Wiest and Adam Picard- all who've enjoyed breakout seasons out of the bullpen for the Mountaineers.

Goss (above), a rising junior, has let to allow an earned run over three appearances and seven innings and has worked out of several jams. Dating back to his college season at Martin Methodist, he's on a run of 10 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings.

A right-hander who's transferring to Alabama-Huntsville this offseason, Goss shut down Keene over two innings of work before running into trouble in the eighth. He left with three runners on, all who came home against fellow reliever Sam Spencer. However, it's been the only blemish on Goss's line this summer as he's held opposing batters to a .200 average with runners on base.

Wiest has been especially good after struggling this spring at Columbia. He's given up just one run over his first 7 1/3 innings, a good sign as he gave up 14 runs (11 earned) over just 10 1/3 innings for the Lions.

A rising sophomore, his ERA (1.23) and WHIP (1.54) are significantly down as he's really improved this summer.

Finally, Adam Picard has been a friendly surprise as he was listed as an outfielder on the roster. After making just four appearances two years ago for UMass-Amherst, Picard has shut down opposing hitters and has a 1.29 ERA while holding a 0.85 WHIP. Opponents are hitting just .154 against him while picking up a strikeout in all seven innings he's pitched.

This trio has been stellar so far and should continue to preserve leads late in the game. They've held opposing batters to a .199 mark and have a combined ERA of 0.81.