RELIEVERS—Looking ahead to the second half of 2016

This week, this column looks at HQ's second half reliever projections, ranked by dollars in 5x5 and then a handful of specific pens. Let's start with relievers expected to earn $10 or more:

           
2H proj. $10+      Sv IP  ERA WHIP  Dom  Cmd HR/9 xERA  G/F  BPV  $
=================  == == ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== === ==
K.Jansen (LA)      22 30 2.70 0.83 12.9  7.2  0.9 2.54 34/49 196 18
Britton (BAL) (L)  22 30 2.10 0.97  9.3  3.9  0.3 2.21 76/11 157 17
Chapman (NYY) (L)  19 30 2.10 1.00 14.4  4.0  0.6 2.41 40/38 180 17
Kimbrel (BOS)      21 30 2.40 0.97 12.9  3.9  0.6 2.66 42/39 163 17
Melancon (PIT)     21 37 2.68 0.97  8.0  4.7  0.5 3.03 53/25 130 16
W.Davis (KC)       19 30 2.40 1.00 10.2  3.1  0.6 3.25 43/37 116...

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