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With the trade deadline approaching, the Oakland A’s could use some bullpen help. They never got a single pitch from their expected closer due to injury, and in the meantime three other arms have done almost all of the heavy lifting in the late innings.
Let’s consider what the A’s already have. Who has been their best reliever lately? Is it
Lou Trivino, who should have been an All-Star? Or
Jake Diekman, after last year’s breakout performance? Or the quietly effective
Yusmeiro Petit? To find out, we need to invoke the classic Mystery Player game. Here are their stats going back two months to May 25, along with one more Mystery Player.