RELIEVERS: West division relievers looking at 2017

This week we conclude this column for 2016 with a look at relievers who pitched in the West in 2016. Here is a list of the reliable skill sets who were (mostly) positive earners in 2016:

           
Closers            Sv  IP  xERA WHIP  Dom  Cmd HR/9  $
=================  == ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===
K.Jansen (LA)      39 56.3 2.59 0.67 12.9  9.0  0.5  22 [FA]
S.Casilla (SF)     28 49.0 3.33 1.18 10.7  3.6  0.9   6 [FA]
E.Diaz (SEA)       11 37.7 2.02 1.19 16.5  5.3  0.7   3 
K.Giles (HOU)       5 51.3 2.80 1.27 13.9  5.3  1.2   1
Ottavino (COL)      2 18.7 2.39 0.80  9.6  5.0  0.0  -4

Only five closers on this list, and only two were closers to start the season. Both of them, Kenley Jansen (RHP, LA) with the Dodgers and

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