RELIEVERS: Recent scuffling in BAL, COL, LAA, MIA and TAM pens

This week, the column promises some shaky closers. There are probably 11 teams that could be discussed, but the five chosen are BAL, COL, LAA, MIA, and TAM. We start with the Orioles.

Baltimore has given saves to five different relievers in 2019. Mychal Givens (RHP, BAL) has had the most over the past month, but it has been an ugly mixed bag of skills and the team has gone to more of a mix-match approach in recent days. Here are year-to-date BPIs:

BAL                 Sv Hld  IP   DOM  CMD HR/9 xERA BPV CLN/APP  LI  Sv' BPV'  LI'
===============     == === ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== === ======= ==== ==  ===  ====
M.Givens             5  4  25.3 12.4  2.7  2.1 3.57 121  12/22  1.79  2   77  1.92
S.Armstrong          1  3  16.7  8.7  1.6 ...

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