RELIEVERS: Watching on Opening Day

Some bullpens are more interesting than others at the moment. Here are some tidbits of information for your last minute shopping (all stats current BaseballHQ.com projections):

Baltimore has incumbent Jim Johnson (RHP, BAL) back on track after a back issue kept him out in early March:

BAL                IP   Dom   Cmd  HR/9  xERA  BPV
==========        ===  ====  ====  ====  ====  ===
J.Johnson          58   5.7   2.1   0.6  3.67   64
Gregg              58   8.5   1.6   0.9  4.35   31
Lindstrom          51   6.5   2.2   0.9  3.92   62 
Strop              51   8.5   2.0   0.4  3.75   63

Johnson is blessed by a lack of strong competition from his penmates. He is cursed by playing the majority of his games against the Yankees, Red...

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