RELIEVERS: Top 25 relief BPVs from August

This week, the column simply presents the top 25 relievers ranked by BPV across the month of August. Here they are:

AUG                 Sv Hld  IP   ERA xERA WHIP  DOM  CMD HR/9 BPV
=================== == === ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===
L.Hendriks (OAK)     7   0 12.7 1.42 2.32 0.63 16.3 23.0  0.7 280
N.Anderson (TAM)     0   3 11.0 0.00 2.30 0.64 17.2 10.5  0.0 262
J.Jackson (MIL)      0   0  9.0 3.00 2.02 0.89 17.0  8.5  1.0 250
E.Pagan (TAM)        7   0 12.0 3.00 2.89 0.83 13.5  --   1.5 250
M.Melancon (ATL)     5   0 11.3 5.56 2.14 1.41 11.9 15.0  0.0 240
T.Rogers (MIN) (L)   6   1 10.7 3.38 2.47 1.03 14.3  8.5  0.8 236
K.Yates (SD)         7   0 10.0 2.70 2.56 1.20 14.4  8.0  0.9 234
M.Andriese (ARI)     0   1 10.3...

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