RELIEVERS: Answering February's questions
Mar 24 2015
Today, this column revisits the ten questions asked back in mid-February regarding roles in bullpens for Opening Day. The picture on some of these role battles is clearer and on others we still must wait. We start, as we did then, with question #10: "Which Rays reliever will bring more value in 2015, Brad Boxberger (RHP, TAM) or Jake McGee (LHP, TAM)?"
TAM Sv IP xERA WHIP Dom Cmd HR/9 G/F BPV R$ ADP ============ == ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== === == === Boxberger 16 73 2.57 1.00 12.7 4.0 0.9 41/42 161 12 232 McGee (L) 16 58 2.77 1.00 11.0 4.7 0.6 40/41 153 9 201
McGee starts the year on the disabled list. Boxberger, therefore, will close to begin the season. The projections...
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