RELIEVERS: Early returns in Boston, Colorado, Seattle, San Francisco and Texas

This week: Boston, Colorado, Seattle, San Francisco and Texas.

Boston has gotten its best work from Garrett Whitlock (RHP, BOS) and Matt Barnes (RHP, BOS) the first week. But the save chances have gone to Jake Diekman (LHP, BOS) and Hansel Robles (RHP, BOS).  Here is what we know:

BOS               Sv BS Hld  IP HR BB  K xERA WHIP  K% K-BB% HR9 BPV
================= == == === === == == == ==== ==== === ===== === ===
J.Diekman (L)      1  0  2  2.0  0  1  5 0.00 1.00  50   40  0.0 362
H.Robles           1  0  1  3.3  0  2  3 5.46 0.90  23    8  0.0  -9
G.Whitlock         0  1  0  6.3  1  1  6 3.52 0.47  27   23  1.4 113
R.Brasier          0  1  0  1.7  1  0  1 4.25 1.80  14   14  5.4 125
M.Barnes           0  0  0  2.0  0  0  2 4.20...

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