RELIEVERS: Another way to hunt small profit margins (AL)

Two more Bullpen Buyers Guide columns this season. Today, we take a slightly different approach and filter American League relievers by their projected skills (typical LIMA skill sets) and then compare the projected price for the balance of the season with the current earning v$ to-date. Any reliever with a projected v$ under $1 was eliminated as was any reliever with projected v$ minus v$ to-date under $1. We also eliminated players with a high projected v$ ($10 or more) to give us a nice list to fit a tight budget. The goal is to generate a list of AL relievers expected to be better than their 2017, which is a list of discounted relievers for 2018 that should cost little in risk but could generate a profit. Here is the list...

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