When sorting the 164 qualified relief pitchers by fWAR the household name relievers are there —— Edwin Diaz, Sean Doolittle, Aroldis Chapman, Felipe Vasquez. However, sitting just below them at tenth in fWAR (1.4) is 24 year-old Texas Ranger, Jose Leclerc. Leclerc is in his second full season in the bigs, meaning he has one more season of pre-arb salary followed by three years of arbitration. In simpler terms, he has four and a half seasons of team control remaining. He’s currently making $552,300 — just a pinch more than the MLB minimum salary of $545,000.
2018 Dodgers trade deadline targets: RHP Jose Leclerc, Rangers
