RELIEVERS: 2014 sleepers

This week, the column takes a look at relievers who are going too low or not at all but can be a source of profit and possibly even saves—sleepers. First, AL sleepers, ranked by ADP:

AL                IP  xERA WHIP  Dom  Cmd HR/9  G/F  BPV ADP M$ O$
==============   ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== === === == ==
N.Jones (CHW)     73  3.12 1.22  9.5  2.9  0.6 49/29 108 305  6 14
C.Allen (CLE)     58  3.49 1.24 10.2  3.1  0.9 29/45 103 323  1  6
Soria (TEX)       58  3.10 1.19 10.1  3.1  0.8 46/35 118 330  1  7
Crain (HOU)       51  3.49 1.20 10.1  2.7  0.9 36/44  95 418  1  6
McGee (TAM) (L)   58  2.98 1.12 10.6  3.8  0.9 43/39 136 432  1  6
Santos (TOR)      58  3.06 1.10 10.1  3.1  0.6 47/37 119 437  0  5
O'Day (BAL)       58  3.30...

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