RELIEVERS: First week of 2021—don't panic!
Apr 11 2021
It has been a little more than a week. Rob Silver reported on Twitter than 44% of the saves during the first week were not even rostered in the Main Event in NFBC. So you are not alone in your saves angst! There are lots of developing situations with teams—let's check in on a few of them starting in Arizona.
Arizona saw Joakim Soria (RHP, ARI) go onto the IL exactly 0.7 innings into his season. Chris Devenski (RHP, ARI) got the only save for the team during the first week, then he went on the restricted list for non-COVID related (but undisclosed) reasons. Stefan Crichton (RHP, ARI) threw the most relief innings—three—but not very well (4.82 xERA; -13 BPV). He did manage three holds, though. Kevin Ginkel (RHP, ARI) was the only one who...
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