RELIEVERS: Early winter changes
Dec 11 2013
The offseason has gotten out to a roaring start. As this week's Winter Meetings take place, there are already some pen situations that we can examine, using projections from the 2014 Baseball Forecaster. Let's start in Arizona.
Arizona traded Heath Bell (RHP, TAM) to the Rays, but still has a viable group in place. Brad Ziegler (RHP, ARI) is the incumbent—what can we expect for 2014?
ARI IP xERA WHIP Dom Cmd G/F hr/f BPV L/R OPS ============== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== ==== === ======= Ziegler 73 3.15 1.25 5.8 2.0 70/12 12% 73 765/572 Putz 44 3.06 1.17 9.7 3.3 46/37 9% 120 635/704 W.Harris 57 3.07 1.20 8.8 3.3 47/29 9% 111 485/752 D.Hernandez 58 3.33...
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