RELIEVERS: Closer turnover is coming

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 40/35 150

Pirates closer Tony Watson (LHP,...

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