RELIEVERS: Crazy, elite skill sets are multiplying
Apr 29 2018
If we rank order relievers by BPV, we quickly see the elite skill sets from April. Then we can make some comparisons with recent history and with projections and draw some conclusions. You can draw the filter wherever you wish—we draw it at a 175 BPV and 8 innings pitched and we still get a large list of relievers:
top 6 (April) IP ERA xERA WHIP DOM CMD HR/9 BPV =================== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== === T.Cingrani LA (L) 9.3 2.89 1.38 0.64 16.4 -- 1.0 326 Ottavino COL 13.7 0.66 0.96 0.37 17.1 8.7 -- 283 T.Olson CLE (L) 8.0 3.38 1.84 0.50 13.5 -- 1.1 277 J.Hader MIL (L) 15.3 1.17 1.58 0.52 18.2 7.8 0.6 260 Doolittle WAS (L) 10.0 2.70 1.91 0.60 17.1 6.3 1.8 236 Chapman NYY (L)...
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