RELIEVERS: Non-closer targets and risk
Jul 12 2020
This week, the column highlights four groups of relievers: 1) AL relievers worth speculation; 2) NL relievers worth speculation; 3) AL relievers who are intriguing but risky; and of course 4) NL relievers who are intriguing but risky. Let's start with AL relievers worth speculation:
AL Sv IP xERA WHIP Dom Cmd HR/9 BPV $ =================== == == ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== === === M.Barnes (BOS) 3 22 3.09 1.23 13.5 2.8 0.8 136 1 J.Karinchak (CLE) 2 22 3.54 1.27 12.7 2.4 0.8 107 -6 A.Adams (SEA) 2 22 3.16 1.23 11.9 2.9 0.8 134 -4 D.Castillo (TAM) 4 24 3.28 1.13 10.5 3.5 0.8 139 0 R.Montero (TEX) 3 22 3.88 1.18 9.4 2.9 1.2 102 -2
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