RELIEVERS: May 2019 BPV leaders (200+ BPV)

This week, we grab the relievers who had a 200+ BPV in May. Given the carnage in bullpens in 2019, it is hard to believe that there were so many. We break them into four groups: AL closers, AL non-closers, NL closers, and NL non-closers. We start with the AL closers:

May                 Sv Hld  IP   ERA xERA WHIP  DOM  CMD HR/9 BPV
===============     == === ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===
K.Giles (TOR)        3  0   9.3 0.00 1.47 0.32 14.0  --   --  278
A.Chapman (NYY) (L) 10  0  10.3 0.87 2.40 0.77 13.9  5.3  0.9 206

Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman (LHP, NYY) is not a big surprise. He had a terrific May, with 10 saves and a 0.87 ERA. His 5.3 Cmd ratio is higher than ever before and he remains unhittable. But Blue Jays closer Ken...

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