Some bad ERA closers--what's next?

This column promised to examine the bullpens for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, and Pittsburgh Pirates. But those team reviews are pushed to next week so that we can look at these six situations first:

	SV	IP	ERA	xERA	WHIP	K%	K-BB%	HR/9
Hoffman, Jeff TOR	17	30.0	5.70	2.87	1.10	35%	29%	2.4
Jansen, Kenley LAA	14	22.2	4.37	5.41	1.32	20%	10%	2.0
Miller, Mason ATH	13	23.1	4.63	2.60	1.20	42%	29%	1.2
Williams, Devin NYY	9	25.1	5.68	3.57	1.30	29%	18%	0.4
Iglesias, Raisel ATL	8	25.0	6.48	3.90	1.48	24%	19%	2.5
Romano, Jordan PHI	8	24.1	7.40	3.96	1.64	28%	17%	1.5

Toronto Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman (RHP, TOR) has a 5.70 actual ERA but a 2.87 xERA, 1.10 WHIP, 35% K%, 29% K%-BB%. The 2.4 HR/9 has been the struggle. Hoffman has a 5.06 actual ERA in his last 30...

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