RELIEVERS: A lot to consider both now and later

Relief Pitchers

Doug Dennis

Aug 4 2015 11:04pm

RELIEVERS: A lot to consider both now and later

Doug Dennis

Aug 4 2015

Certainly a lot happened last week—mostly in the NL with respect to bullpens. Here is an overview of how changes affect August.

Atlanta traded closer Jim Johnson (RHP, LA) to the Dodgers where he will work in set-up. It leaves Arodys Vizcaíno (RHP, ATL) suddenly in the role of Braves closer. But should he be?

ATL                IP   Dom  Cmd HR/9 xERA BPV Clean/App  LI  xERA' BPV'  LI'
=============     ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== === ========= ==== ===== ==== ====
Vizcaino           9.0  8.0  2.0  0.0 4.52  43    9/10   1.32  4.52  43  1.32
Aardsma           20.0  9.5  2.3  0.9 3.69  73   13/20   1.28  2.94 144  1.04

xERA', BPV' and LI' are those indicators over the past 30 days.

It is far too soon to know whether Vizcaino will succeed...

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