Adding Pallante and King to Helsley, GG, Thompson and JoJo still leaves two open spots in the pen.
Three righty arms and three lefties as a group.
For their careers, all six have held LHB’s to less than a .700 ops.
.629 Helsley
.652 GG
.551 JoJo
.533 Thompson
.654 Pallante
.615 King
Vs RHB’s, only two of six qualify as under a .700 ops allowed, for their career.
.568 Helsley
.586 GG
.821 JoJo
.744 Thompson
.830 Pallante
.767 King
Some have lowered their ops allowed in the most recent season. Career .821 vs RHB, JoJo, held righties to .689 last season.
Others worsened their career marks with a poor 2023 split increase. Pallante at .830 career vs righties, logged a .881 in 2023.
Whomever joins the pen needs to bring a strong vs righty bats history. A saves history wouldn’t hurt either.