E. Clase, Chisholm Jr., Ja. Duran, Bassitt, Grisham

Clase has allowed more earned runs in April (9) than he did all last season (5) ... Emmanuel Clase (RHP, CLE) has been widely considered the top closer in baseball the past two years. He was the first closer off the board in most drafts this spring. Is his start this season a real collapse in skills, or are there reasons for optimism?

Year	IP	SV	K	ERA	xERA	WHIP	H%	S%	BB%	K%	K-BB%	GB%	Vel	BPX
2021	70	24	74	1.29	2.73	0.96	27%	88%	6%	27%	21%	67%	100.3	181
2022	73	42	77	1.36	2.28	0.73	24%	84%	4%	28%	25%	63%	99.5	211
2023	73	44	64	3.22	3.63	1.16	31%	73%	5%	21%	16%	54%	99.0	143
2024	74	47	66	0.61	2.71	0.66	20%	94%	4%	24%	21%	57%	99.5	167
2025	12	4	11	6.57	4.12	1.95	47%	65%	5%	18%	13%	43%	99.0	143

His skills have not been up to his typical high standards in a 12 inning sample size, but they are not as bad as the ERA and WHIP...

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