RELIEVERS: Trade targets and AL buyers

Let's take a look at relief pitchers who might be trade targets and then look at some American League buyer team needs to see if we can find some matches that might change the landscape over the next few weeks. Next week, the same exercise with the National League.

First, here are some potential trade targets on teams who might be sellers if the price is right:

targets            Sv Hd   IP   DOM  CMD HR/9 xERA BPV CLEAN/APP  LI   vL   vR
=================  == ==  ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== === ========= ==== ==== ====
Brach (BAL)        15  6  38.3  9.6  3.7  0.9 3.38 126   31/38   1.15 .148 .183
Britton (BAL) (L)   5  0  12.0  6.0  1.6  --  4.12  49    9/11   0.94 .250 .359
Robertson (CHW)    13  0  31.3 13.2  4.2  1.2 3.02 169   21/29...

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