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Here is the bottom of the closer list ranked by xERA to date:

closers             IP    ERA WHIP  Dom  Cmd HR/9 xERA   G/F   BPV pBPV
================   ====  ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ======= === ====
Ziegler (ARI)      11.3  3.18 1.94  7.1  1.5  0.0 4.01  65/16   43   76
C.Allen (CLE)      11.3  6.35 1.32  9.5  2.4  2.4 4.13  35/48   77  129
Papelbon (WAS)     12.0  4.50 1.42  6.8  9.0  0.8 4.17  32/44  111  116
F.Rodriguez (DET)   9.7  4.66 1.34  6.5  1.8  1.9 4.45  34/34   29  112
Street (LAA)        7.7  1.17 0.78  4.7  2.0  1.2 4.46  41/55   40   86 (DL)
Jepsen (MIN)       11.7  3.86 1.29  5.4  1.8  1.5 4.77  43/43   35   81
McGee (COL) (L)     9.7  5.59 1.66  3.7  1.0  0.9 5.79  38/44  -18  129
Hoover (CIN)       10.7 14.34...

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