RELIEVERS: First week of the season

It has been an interesting first week. There is no data worthy of review, but there are some scenarios already playing out. For instance, the closer in Colorado is Greg Holland (RHP, COL) which has pushed Adam Ottavino (RHP, COL) into set-up:

           
COL           Sv Hld  IP  xERA WHIP  DOM  CMD HR/9  G/F  BPV  $
==========   === === ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== === ===
Holland       26   3  58  3.23 1.22 11.2  2.8  0.5 45/33 115   4
Ottavino       5   9  58  2.95 1.22  9.9  3.4  0.8 57/24 134  -2
McGee (L)      4  12  58  3.64 1.26  9.5  3.6  1.2 40/41 117  -3

Holland quickly picked up his first three saves while Ottavino and Jake McGee (LHP, COL) worked in set-up. This will be the arrangement until/unless Holland fails or...

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