RELIEVERS: Arizona, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia

Here is the second installment from the bottom of the closer list ranked by xERA to date, starting with Arizona:

ARI                 IP    ERA WHIP  Dom  Cmd HR/9   G/F   xERA pxERA BPV
================   ====  ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ======= ==== ===== ===
Ziegler            16.3  2.76 1.65  5.5  1.2  0.0  60/15  4.22  3.29  18
Clippard           16.3  2.76 1.29  8.8  4.0  1.1  30/43  3.43  4.26 107
D.Hudson           17.3  1.56 0.69  5.7  2.2  0.0  45/32  3.69  3.55  56
Chafin (L)         13.0  5.54 1.46 11.1  2.3  0.0  52/28  3.18  3.62  99
E.Marshall          9.7  3.72 1.14  4.7  1.2  0.0  57/29  4.17  5.25  18
J.Barrett          14.0  2.57 0.93  7.1  5.5  0.6  43/33  3.47  4.41 114

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