RELIEVERS: Arizona, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia
May 17 2016
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
Incumbent groundball specialist Brad Ziegler...
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