RELIEVERS: Projections after the 2023 All-Star Break
Jul 16 2023
This week, projections. They are organized in K%-BB% cohorts and then listed by projected $V. Commentary as appropriate, but let's not waste time--there are a lot of relievers to list, starting with the three who are projected for a K%-BB% over 30% or more:
proj K%-BB% 30%+ Sv IP xERA WHIP K% K%-BB% hr/9 $ ==================== == ==== ==== ==== == ====== ==== == A.Munoz (SEA) 3 26 2.40 0.96 38 31 0.7 11 J.Hader (SD) (L) 13 26 2.92 1.12 42 30 1.4 10 J.Alvarado (PHI) (L) 0 13 2.15 1.08 41 32 0.7 0 [IL]
These are obviously elite strikeout pitchers with elite K%-BB%. José Alvarado (LHP, PHI) is lights out when he is not on the IL. But he is on the IL and has been supplanted by
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