RELIEVERS: Closer turnover is coming
Jun 10 2017
This week, this column gives you the closers who will lose their jobs by the All-Star break. Maybe. And there are other closers pitching poorly that need to be on a watch list. But first, here is the list of the closers who should be on the short-term chopping block:
YTD Sv BS Hd IP xERA ERA WHIP DOM CMD HR/9 G/F BPV
================= == == == ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== ===
F.Rodney (ARI) 15 3 0 21.7 4.44 5.82 1.38 9.1 1.8 0.8 42/39 50
S.Casilla (OAK) 10 2 2 21.3 4.36 4.22 1.22 8.0 1.9 0.8 46/36 54
T.Watson (PIT) 10 5 0 26.3 4.76 4.44 1.52 6.8 2.5 2.1 41/37 68
B.Maurer (SD) 9 2 2 24.0 3.29 5.25 1.17 10.1 5.4 0.8 40/35 150Pirates closer Tony Watson (LHP,...
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