RELIEVERS: Storm clouds overhead for some closers

This week, who are the weakest closer skill sets to date? A chart for your consideration:

May 16            Sv  IP  xERA BPV Clean/App BPV' Clean/App'
===============   == ==== ==== === ========= ==== ==========
S.Romo (MIA)       6 13.0 5.56  17    8/14      7    4/8
B.Parker (MIN)     7 15.3 3.96  51   14/16    120    8/9
A.Swarzak (SEA)    3 12.7 4.97  55    7/14    -17    2/9
W.Davis (COL)      7 14.7 3.87  65   13/17     80    9/13
R.Elias (SEA) (L)  5 22.7 4.16  94   10/18    123    4/10
G.Holland (ARI)    8 15.0 3.44  95   12/15     21    7/10

BPV' and Clean/Appearances' are taken from just the past 30 days. Quick and dirty skills evaluation takes many forms. One quick look for pitchers is expected ERA (xERA) based largely on...

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