Top ten worst relief staffs as of 9/23/2014. Colorado leads the league as having the worst relief staff in MLB at a combined WAA=-18.4, well ahead of second place Houston. A couple of playoff contenders, Detroit and Los Angeles also have poor relief staffs. We’ll see what kind of impact this will have on their World Series aspirations soon.
Team_ID | WAA | IP |
COL | -18.4 | 569.0 |
HOU | -10.5 | 454.7 |
TEX | -7.8 | 565.6 |
DET | -4.8 | 419.3 |
ARI | -4.6 | 480.4 |
CHA | -4.0 | 428.9 |
LAN | -3.9 | 540.6 |
CHN | -3.6 | 542.9 |
CIN | -3.6 | 393.7 |
TOR | -3.4 | 490.6 |