RELIEVERS: Mid-season assessment
Jul 2 2013
This week, the column takes a mid-season look at some of the pre-season predictions. Here is a list of LIMA targets from the beginning of March, along with YTD numbers:
IP ERA WHIP Dom Cmd hr/9 xERA G/F BPV $
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Grilli (PIT) 35.7 1.77 0.84 14.6 8.3 0.3 2.24 30/46 224 21
Parnell (NYM) 35.0 2.83 0.97 7.7 3.8 0.0 3.06 54/25 115 12
A.Reed (CHW) 36.0 4.00 1.06 9.8 4.3 0.8 3.61 29/47 122 11
Brothers (COL) 34.3 0.52 1.16 9.7 2.2 0.3 3.46 48/34 80 8
Cishek (MIA) 33.3 3.24 1.08 8.6 2.7 0.8 3.43 53/32 99 6
Robertson (NYY) 31.3 2.59 1.05 11.2 3.2 0.9 3.01 42/37 129 4
Tazawa (BOS) ...
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