RELIEVERS: Updates on Padres, Tigers, Giants, Mets, Rays

This week, as we get into July, we start looking at who might want to buy relievers. Let's assume that San Diego has put Huston Street (RHP, SD) and Joaquín Benoit (RHP, SD) on the market—a pretty safe bet, given their huge skill sets, salary and how far out of the race the team currently sits. Here is how their pen is currently constructed:

SD             IP   xERA  WHIP   Dom   Cmd  HR/9    G/F   BPV		
============  ====  ====  ====  ====  ====  ====  ======= ===
Street        30.0  2.81  0.77   9.6   4.6   0.6   44/38  138
Benoit        34.7  2.89  0.72  10.1   5.6   0.3   35/48  146
Thayer        35.0  3.71  1.17   8.2   3.2   1.0   39/39   96
Vincent       27.0  3.17  1.04  10.7   5.3   1.7   27/53  143 (DL)
Quackenbush   22.7 ...

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