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This is it. Last column for 2021. Today you get the very best relievers from this year with an eye toward 2022. Here are the filters: 1) at least 40 innings, 2) xERA under 3.70, 3) K-BB% at 20% or more, projected K-BB% at 20% or more. Sounds easy enough, but this is not a big list. Let's start with closers (at least 15 saves regardless of a share of the closer role—we can quibble today about who is doing what in 2022) who have a K-BB% greater than 25%. There are six:

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