RELIEVERS: 2012 Outlook in the AL and NL West

Completing the look ahead to 2012, this week the column tackles the western divisions.

Jordan Walden has done a nice enough job as closer for the Angels. Help has come from uber-lefty Scott Downs and Rich Thompson, but not much from anyone else. Fernando Rodney was a major disappointment. Skills:

LAA               IP   Dom  Cmd HR/9  xERA  BPV   LI
==============   ==== ==== ==== ====  ====  ===  ====
Downs (L)        49.0  5.9  2.5  0.6  3.01   85  1.79
Walden           56.0 10.1  2.7  0.2  3.12  107  1.61
Cassevah         35.0  6.2  1.3  0.3  3.32   36  0.69
R.Thompson       51.3  9.5  3.0  0.9  3.39  104  0.69
Takahashi (L)    63.0  7.1  2.1  1.0  3.80   60  1.31(-)
T.Bell           31.3  4.6  1.6  0.3  4.33   38  0.73(-)
Rodney...

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