RELIEVERS: Cubs, Angels, Mariners, Nationals and others
Aug 16 2020
This column focuses on the Cubs, Angels, Mariners, Nationals, and visits a couple other developing situations. Let's start with the Cubs who picked up another save from Rowan Wick (RHP, CHC) on Thursday against Milwaukee. Wick and set-up Jeremy Jeffress (RHP, CHC) are outperforming their projections and handling the back end duties just fine after Craig Kimbrel's (RHP, CHC) implosion.
CHC Sv IP xERA WHIP Dom Cmd HR/9 BPV pBPV =================== == === ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== === ==== R.Wick 2 5.0 3.94 1.20 9.0 5.0 -- 131 82 J.Jeffress 1 7.0 3.31 0.14 6.4 5.0 -- 106 78 K.Ryan (L) 1 4.7 4.29 1.50 3.9 -- 1.9 94 58 C.Kimbrel 0 2.7 15.60...
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