RELIEVERS: BAL, CIN, NYM, STL, TOR

Today, we examine the bullpens in Baltimore, Cincinnati, New York (Mets), St. Louis and Toronto. We start in Baltimore, where the Orioles' uber-closer, Zach Britton (LHP, BAL), was put on the disabled list and manager Buck Showalter said he would mix and match. So far that has meant Brad Brach (RHP, BAL) is picking up save chances:

           
BAL           Sv Hld  IP  xERA WHIP  DOM  CMD HR/9  G/F  BPV
==========   === === ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== ===
Britton (L)   5   0   7.0 3.44 1.86  7.7  2.0  --  70/9   83 [DL]
Brach         2   5   8.0 2.54 0.50 13.5  4.0  --  33/67 163
O'Day         0   2   5.7 5.70 2.29  9.5  1.2  --  47/26 -18
Givens        0   0   6.7 4.22 1.20  8.1  3.0  1.4 40/45  91
D.Hart (L)    0   1   4.3...

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