Best skill sets through May
Jun 2 2024
Rather than return to team situations this week, the column looks at the top skill sets through May and will return to team situations next week. After filtering the skills, these columns largely write themselves.
The first grouping is just the best of the best pure K%-BB% (over 30%) through May:
| K%-BB% 30% | SV | HD | IP | ERA | xERA | WHIP | K% | K-BB% | HR/9 |
| Miller, Mason OAK | 11 | 0 | 24.0 | 1.88 | 1.51 | 0.79 | 53% | 45% | 0.0 |
| Estrada, Jeremiah SD | 1 | 2 | 16.1 | 0.55 | 2.16 | 0.55 | 48% | 41% | 0.6 |
| Strahm, Matt PHI L | 0 | 5 | 22.1 | 0.81 | 2.44 | 0.76 | 39% | 35% | 0.0 |
| Cruz, Fernando CIN | 0 | 10 | 24.1 | 4.07 | 2.08 | 1.11 | 48% | 35% | 0.4 |
| Hader, Josh HOU L | 7 | 0 | 25.0 | 3.96 | 2.37 | 1.08 | 41% | 31% | 1.1 |
| Smith, Cade CLE | 1 | 5 | 24.2 | 1.82 | 2.29 | 0.93 | 38% | 31% | 0.0 |
Mason Miller (RHP, OAK) has been torching batters all season while closing for the Oakland Athletics. Miller is overqualified to use one...
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