RELIEVERS: Mid-season assessment

This week, the column takes a mid-season look at some of the pre-season predictions. Here is a list of LIMA targets from the beginning of March, along with YTD numbers:

                    IP   ERA WHIP  Dom  Cmd hr/9  xERA   G/F  BPV  $
=================  ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ====  ====  ===== === ===
Grilli (PIT)       35.7 1.77 0.84 14.6  8.3  0.3  2.24  30/46 224  21
Parnell (NYM)      35.0 2.83 0.97  7.7  3.8  0.0  3.06  54/25 115  12
A.Reed (CHW)       36.0 4.00 1.06  9.8  4.3  0.8  3.61  29/47 122  11
Brothers (COL)     34.3 0.52 1.16  9.7  2.2  0.3  3.46  48/34  80   8
Cishek (MIA)       33.3 3.24 1.08  8.6  2.7  0.8  3.43  53/32  99   6
Robertson (NYY)    31.3 2.59 1.05 11.2  3.2  0.9  3.01  42/37 129   4
Tazawa (BOS)     ...

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