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What if during Spring Training someone gave you the following bullpen line: 65 IP, 2.77 ERA, 12 SV, 20 BB, 71 Ks and a 0.923 WHIP If given three guesses, in order they likely would have been: Bobby Parnell, Jeurys Familia, Jenrry Mejia. Parnell would have come first because you might have assumed it would [...]
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This season we’ve seen Rafael Montero, Kevin Plawecki, Jack Leathersich and Dilson Herrera ascend from AAA to the majors. The two biggest names still in Sandy Alderson’s back pocket are still out in Vegas and they have taken things up several notches recently. I’m talking, of course, about Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz. They are [...]