Raisel Iglesias, the de facto ‘closer’ for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of California of the United States of Earth, is currently having something of a career year. He’s sporting career bests in WHIP (0.864), K/BB (9.00), K/9 (13.6), BB/9 (1.5), and H/9 (6.3), and those are numbers that are mostly trending in the right direction after a rocky first week plus of the 2021 season.
In 26 appearances since May 8th, Iglesias owns a 2.27 ERA in 31.2 IP, with a stellar 50/6 K/BB in that span, numbers that also indicate what we’ve long known about him as a reliever: he’s plenty capable of going past just 1 IP per outing to get the job done.