RELIEVERS: Early observations in BAL, PHI, SEA, STL and LAA

Let's tour through early observations about Baltimore, Philadelphia, Seattle, St. Louis, and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Not much is expected from Baltimore in 2019, and the bullpen is frankly, atrocious. There are a few left-handers who have some situational value, with Mychal Givens (RHP, BAL) closing. For AL-only or mixed league purposes, there is not much to gain unless one guy is grabbing all the saves. Is that Givens? Here is the first week:

BAL (1st wk)      Sv Hld  IP  ERA xERA WHIP  K BB HR BPV 
==============    == === === ==== ==== ==== == == == ===
M.Givens           0   2 2.7 3.38 3.06 1.88  4  2  0 114
P.Fry (L)          1   1 3.3 2.70 4.57 1.50  3  2  1  22
T.Scott (L)        0   0   0    0    0    0  0  0  0 ...

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