What It Means:

Albers entered Friday’s action with the most career games (460) without a save, and was closing in on the lead for most games finished without a save (Ryan Webb holds this mark with 105). He hit Cesar Hernandez with a pitch to begin the bottom of the ninth, but he retired the next three batters he faced, notching a pair of strikeouts along the way. The closer job is wide open with Shawn Kelley and Koda Glover on the shelf.

Our models project Albers for a 3.84 ERA, 14.4 percent strikeout rate, and 8.8 percent walk rate in 42 1/3 more innings pitched in 2017.