RELIEVERS: AL and NL West bullpens, 2015
Sep 16 2014
For this last bullpen column of 2014, we take a quick look at the AL West and NL West pens for 2015. We start in Houston. Here are the BPIs (through August):
HOU IP Dom Cmd HR/9 xERA BPV Clean/App LI ============ ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== === ========= ==== Qualls 46.7 7.7 8.0 1.0 3.00 147 39/52 1.04 Sipp (L) 42.0 10.9 3.6 0.9 3.01 128 39/47 1.61 D.Downs (L) 31.3 6.6 1.6 0.0 4.41 33 27/30 1.05 Fields 51.3 11.6 3.9 0.4 3.36 138 33/51 1.01 Veras 36.3 9.2 1.7 1.0 4.10 44 21/36 0.81 (FA)
The Astros have really started to turn the corner. Three useful relievers emerged, old-timer Chad Qualls (RHP, HOU) was the closer and had a...
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