RELIEVERS: LIMA targets 2016; non-closer relievers
Feb 24 2016
This week, the column takes a look at some very simple filters to find LIMA relievers. Starting with projections of 120 BPV or better, yet saves under 10 total, $R projected under $5 and ADP over 500, we get a pretty decent list for the AL and the NL. Let's look first at the AL relievers:
AL LIMA Sv IP xERA WHIP Dom Cmd HR/9 G/F BPV $ ADP ================ == == ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== === == === Cecil (TOR) (L) 2 58 2.57 1.09 11.3 4.1 0.6 50/28 157 3 523 Jones (CHW) 2 58 3.00 1.12 10.4 3.4 0.6 47/34 129 1 561 Hendriks (OAK) 0 65 3.21 1.09 8.5 5.6 0.4 41/35 130 1 587 Givens (BAL) 0 58 2.81 1.05 10.7 4.3 0.6 38/32 142 2 641 Zych (SEA) 0 15 3.37 1.20 8.4 4.7 0.6...
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