RELIEVERS: 2015 Gambles

Today we are looking at gambles. In this context, we define a gamble as someone who has a strong role but may lack the skills to hold it. Just like last week, we start in Colorado.

COL                Sv  IP  xERA WHIP  Dom  Cmd HR/9  G/F  BPV  R$ ADP
============       == ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== === === === 
Hawkins            25  44  3.85 1.25  5.7  2.6  0.6 48/30  68  -1 287
Ottavino            7  73  3.28 1.25  9.0  2.9  0.7 47/31 104  -2 445
Brothers (L)        4  73  3.88 1.49  9.6  1.9  1.0 43/34  58  -8 565
Axford              0  58  3.81 1.52  9.9  1.9  1.4 48/34  62 -15 608
D.Hale              0  58  4.54 1.66  4.8  1.3  0.8 57/25  21 -17 633
Kahnle              0  73  4.01 1.47  9.0  1.7  0.6 47/34  44 -10 675

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