RELIEVERS: Red Sox, White Sox, Guardians, Rockies, and Rays

Same analysis as the past two weeks. Notes on "Leverage Index" and how it helps us examine relief roles can be found in the previous two articles, with plenty of different examples. Today, same analysis for Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Colorado, and Tampa Bay.

Kenley Jansen (RHP, BOS) is clicking along with ten saves so far for Boston. But it hasn't all been wine and roses:

BOS                     Sv  IP  xERA WHIP  K% K%-BB% HR/9 pSv pxERA pWHIP pK% pK%-BB%
=====================   == ==== ==== ==== === ====== ==== === ===== ===== === =======
K.Jansen                10 14.7 5.51 1.64  25   10    0.6  17  3.91  1.15  30    20
J.Winckowski             2 29.3 3.65 0.99  19   14    0.6   0  4.34  1.32  17     9
C.Martin                 0...

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