RELIEVERS: 2024 Unrestricted free agents

With only two bullpen columns left this season, it is time to shift focus to 2024. This column runs through relievers who become free agents after the season. Breaking them into clumps, the first clump consists of unrestricted free agents who amassed at least ten saves in 2023, organized by what else--K%-BB%:

YTD                     Sv  IP  xERA WHIP K% K%-BB% HR/9
====================    == ==== ==== ==== == ====== ==== 
J.Hader (L)             28 47.7 3.20 1.03 40   26    0.4 [SD]
C.Kimbrel               22 59.0 3.56 1.03 33   23    1.2 [PHI]
P.Johnson               13 55.0 3.89 1.62 31   20    1.5 [ATL]
W.Smith (L)             22 51.3 4.21 0.95 25   19    0.9 [TEX]
J.Hicks                 12 54.7 3.29 1.41 29   18    0.7...

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