RELIEVERS: BAL, LA, SEA, TAM, WAS pens
May 29 2022
This week the column is about the Orioles, Dodgers, Mariners, Rays and Nationals usage and available skill sets.
Baltimore has a bullpen that is showing some life. Jorge López (RHP, BAL) has been the closer, and it has worked OK, despite his 9% K%-BB%. López has not allowed a home run in 21 innings to date. Others have stepped up to bridge games to López:
BAL Sv BS Hld IP xERA WHIP K% K-BB% HR/9 pxERA ================= == == === ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== ==== ===== J.Lopez 5 2 0 21.0 4.02 1.14 24 9 0.0 4.30 F.Bautista 2 0 2 18.3 4.22 1.20 28 18 1.5 3.93 D.Tate 1 0 6 23.3 3.37 0.90 17 13 0.4 3.80 K.Akin (L) 0 0 1 29.3 3.13 0.82 25 ...
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