RELIEVERS: Skill sets with the most swing in value

This week, this column looks at some relievers who are expected to go from negative value to positive for the balance of the season, and also some relievers who are expected to go from positive value to negative value for the balance of the season, based on HQ projections.

Here are some relievers with negative value at mid-June:

                    Sv  IP   ERA xERA WHIP  DOM  CMD HR/9 BPV  $
==================  == ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== === ===
Knebel (MIL)         6 13.7 3.95 2.71 1.02 12.5  2.7  2.0 135  -3
A.Miller (CLE) (L)   1 14.3 4.40 3.30 1.60 14.4  2.3  0.6 118  -9
F.Vazquez (PIT) (L) 12 26.7 4.72 4.38 1.58 10.1  2.0  0.3  64  -2
A.Reed (MIN)         0 33.3 3.78 4.57 1.35  8.4  2.8  1.6  77  -7
W.Harris (HOU)     ...

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