RELIEVERS: Changes for the better?

This column includes Arizona, but it starts in Texas.

Why Texas? Because Neftali Feliz (RHP, TEX) has been booted from the role with a 4.70 xERA and just 10 of 16 clean appearances in 2015. The Rangers declared that there is no set role of "closer" on the team. Here's the problem:

TEX             Sv  IP   Dom  Cmd HR/9 xERA BPV Clean/App  LI   LI'
============    == ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== === ========= ==== ====
Feliz            6 16.3  8.3  2.1  1.1 4.70  56   10/16   1.87 2.18
Tolleson         0 17.3 12.5  8.0  1.0 2.35 203   13/17   1.35 1.43
Kela             0 17.7  7.6  2.1  0.5 4.13  62   13/19   1.03 1.10
Bass             0 25.7  5.6  2.7  1.1 3.76  72    7/13   0.92 1.05
Scheppers        0  6.0  6.0  1.0  0.0 5.36 -28    3/6 ...

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