Some non-closers with strong xERAs over the past 30 days

The relievers in today's article have been terrific over the past 30 days. These are non-closers, but the skills are elite. Here are the past 30 days for the five with an xERA under 2.50:

	SV	HD	IP	xERA	WHIP	K%	K-BB%	HR/9	xERA'
Varland, Louie MIN	0	5	11.1	1.76	0.88	27%	20%	0.0	2.61
Jax, Griffin MIN	0	4	10.2	1.86	1.03	44%	40%	0.9	2.14
Morejon, Adrian SD LHP	1	2	13.0	2.09	0.38	30%	30%	0.0	2.90
Rogers, Tyler SF	0	7	13.0	2.15	0.92	22%	20%	0.0	2.47
Rodriguez, Randy SF	1	4	12.1	2.45	0.89	40%	30%	0.0	2.33

xERA' is the season-long xERA.

As you can tell, the Minnesota Twins have a pair of superb relievers supporting Jhoan Duran (RHP, MIN). Louie Varland (RHP, MIN) has a 1.76 xERA over the past 30 days and a 2.61 xERA over the season so far. His 27% K%, 20% K%-BB% and no homers allowed the past 30 days...

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