RELIEVERS: Gambles (too much risk) for 2021

This week, the column examines some "gambles" defined as relievers who carry a risk of underdelivering based on the current price point.

Here we start with skill sets:

K-BB <20%         Sv Hd IP xERA WHIP  K%  K-BB% HR/9 BPV  $  ADP
================  == == == ==== ==== ==== ===== ==== === === ===
A.Colomé (MIN)    24  9 58 4.14 1.19  21    12   0.6  78   5 174
D.Bard (COL)      15  7 58 4.26 1.31  23    13   0.9  83  -2 326
J.Leclerc (TEX)   20  0 65 4.14 1.31  32    18   1.0  87   0 350
H.Harvey (BAL)    13  8 65 4.26 1.29  22    15   1.5  92  -4 389
Y.Garcia (MIA)    12 15 73 4.53 1.22  26    19   1.1 107   1 412
J.Soria (ARI)     20 11 65 4.24 1.29  27    17   1.1  98   0 504

The commonality with these six relievers is they are projected for 12 or more saves, but also projected for a K-BB% under 20%. All six have a 4.00+ xERA, which isn't what you want from a...

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