Rockies, White Sox, Pirates, Rays, Blue Jays pens
Apr 14 2024
This week, five pens under review--the Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Rays, and Toronto Blue Jays, starting in Denver.
It is going to be rough sledding in Denver in 2024, and the bullpen is going to put up some horrific skills indicators. Readers wanted to see it. Please put on your safety glasses from the recent eclipse.
So far, Jake Bird (RHP, COL) has the lone save. As some have noted, Nick Mears (RHP, COL) has emerged in the early going among the options, but let's see exactly what that means:
| COL | SV | HD | IP | xERA | WHIP | K% | K-BB% | HR/9 |
| Bird, Jake | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 5.61 | 1.62 | 8% | 0% | 1.1 |
| Mears, Nick | 0 | 3 | 6.1 | 3.96 | 1.42 | 27% | 11% | 0.0 |
| Kinley, Tyler | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 8.82 | 3.20 | 17% | -7% | 1.8 |
| Lawrence, Justin | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 6.03 | 2.36 | 21% | 5% | 0.0 |
Mears has an xERA under 5.61 and a WHIP under...
Almost!
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