RELIEVERS: Recent scuffling in BAL, COL, LAA, MIA and TAM pens
Jun 9 2019
This week, the column promises some shaky closers. There are probably 11 teams that could be discussed, but the five chosen are BAL, COL, LAA, MIA, and TAM. We start with the Orioles.
Baltimore has given saves to five different relievers in 2019. Mychal Givens (RHP, BAL) has had the most over the past month, but it has been an ugly mixed bag of skills and the team has gone to more of a mix-match approach in recent days. Here are year-to-date BPIs:
BAL Sv Hld IP DOM CMD HR/9 xERA BPV CLN/APP LI Sv' BPV' LI' =============== == === ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== === ======= ==== == === ==== M.Givens 5 4 25.3 12.4 2.7 2.1 3.57 121 12/22 1.79 2 77 1.92 S.Armstrong 1 3 16.7 8.7 1.6 ...
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