Spring relievers wrap-up 2024, NL
Mar 22 2024
This is the NL counterpart column for the transition from the end of Spring Training to the start of the regular season. Both columns start in Chicago—this one with the Cubs where new manager Craig Counsell has continually told reporters that no one will be named closer and that his leverage relievers will role share.
Here are the current projections for those leverage relievers:
| CHC | SV | IP | xERA | WHIP | K% | K-BB% | HR9 | $ | ADP |
| Alzolay, Adbert | 23 | 65 | 3.69 | 1.18 | 26% | 19% | 1.1 | 3 | 150 |
| Merryweather, Julian | 5 | 65 | 3.64 | 1.18 | 29% | 21% | 1.0 | 1 | 636 |
| Neris, Hector | 5 | 65 | 3.92 | 1.20 | 30% | 20% | 1.1 | 1 | 550 |
| Leiter Jr., Mark | 2 | 65 | 3.74 | 1.25 | 26% | 17% | 1.0 | -7 | 740 |
Many pundits—and current BHQ projections—see Adbert Alzolay (RHP, CHC) as the main closer. The results in 2023 and the projections for 2024 all check out. But Hector...
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