Guardians, White Sox, Brewers, Yankees and Giants pens

The plan this week is to look at vulnerable closer roles that have not been covered extensively the past few weeks. But starting with Emmanuel Clase (RHP, CLE) and the Cleveland Guardians is somewhat shocking. The team is doing well--how is it possible that Clase comes into this moment with a 7.84 ERA over his first ten innings of the season? Here is the Guardians pen to date:

CLE	SV	HD	IP	ERA	xERA	WHIP	K%	K-BB%	HR/9
Clase, Emmanuel	4	0	10.1	7.84	4.54	2.23	17%	11%	0.9
Smith, Cade	2	7	13.0	1.38	3.19	1.00	30%	23%	0.0
Sewald, Paul	1	3	10.1	6.10	3.98	1.26	31%	26%	2.7
Gaddis, Hunter	0	8	9.2	0.00	2.27	1.14	39%	28%	0.0
Herrin, Tim L	0	5	9.0	2.00	2.41	0.78	36%	31%	2.0

Clase has been whacked around--a 2.23 WHIP with just a 17% K%. And while it is probably a matter of honing his command, he has never been...

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