RELIEVERS: 2023 Sellers

A little over a week remains until the August 1 trade deadline. This column focuses on some potential sellers, who might move, and how the team's pen might be configured after August 1. Let's start with the White Sox, where Liam Hendriks (RHP, CHW) is coming back soon and is probably not going to get traded. The White Sox have four solid right-handers behind Hendriks who are good candidates for teams hoping to bolster their bullpen:

CHW YTD                 Sv  IP  xERA WHIP K% K%-BB% hr/9
====================    == ==== ==== ==== == ====== ====
K.Graveman               8 41.0 4.47 1.17 23   12    1.3
R.Lopez                  4 40.0 4.24 1.38 29   16    1.6
K.Middleton              2 34.0 3.06 1.21 31   21    1.3
J.Kelly                ...

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