RELIEVERS: 2022 AL Spring walkabout

This week the column walks around some spring training news and sifts the tea leaves for AL teams Kansas City, Oakland, and Texas. Let's start with the Rangers where non-roster invite Greg Holland (RHP, TEX) in the closer mix with Joe Barlow (RHP, TEX). Here is what the Rangers have:

TEX (proj.)         Sv Hld IP xERA WHIP  K%  K-BB% HR/9 15$ ADP
=================   == === == ==== ==== ==== ===== ==== === ===
J.Barlow             9   4 58 4.82 1.41  24    12   1.1  -6 237
G.Richards           2   4 73 4.30 1.38  22    12   1.2  -7 727
S.Patton             0   4 29 4.42 1.62  26    14   1.2 -13 735
G.Holland            6   4 51 4.44 1.37  25    12   1.1  -6 743

You could throw Matt Bush (RHP, TEX) in the mix as well. The problem with...

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