PT TOMORROW: AL WEST—Barlow thriving in TEX
May 12 2022
When we last looked at the bullpen in March, Joe Barlow (RHP, TEX) skepticism seemed rampant in the fantasy community. Many analysts were focused on the metrics behind Barlow's surface small sample performance (1.55 ERA, 11 saves over 29 IP). Specifically, Barlow's 15% H%, 86% S% and 4.37 xERA seemed glaring, as did a 46% FB% that hitters had not yet taken advantage of. Flash forward to mid-May, and Barlow is still the Rangers' closer with 5 saves and a sub-2 through his first 10 IP. So what's happened here and what does the future look like?
For one as we noted during the pre-season, there are sample sizes and there are sample sizes. Perhaps not enough attention was paid to the before-and-after metrics that sandwiched...
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