RELIEVERS: Early winter changes

The offseason has gotten out to a roaring start. As this week's Winter Meetings take place, there are already some pen situations that we can examine, using projections from the 2014 Baseball Forecaster. Let's start in Arizona.

Arizona traded Heath Bell (RHP, TAM) to the Rays, but still has a viable group in place. Brad Ziegler (RHP, ARI) is the incumbent—what can we expect for 2014?

ARI              IP  xERA WHIP  Dom  Cmd  G/F  hr/f  BPV  L/R OPS
==============  ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== ====  ===  =======
Ziegler          73  3.15 1.25  5.8  2.0 70/12  12%   73  765/572
Putz             44  3.06 1.17  9.7  3.3 46/37   9%  120  635/704
W.Harris         57  3.07 1.20  8.8  3.3 47/29   9%  111  485/752
D.Hernandez      58  3.33...

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