When you think of the best free-agent relievers this winter, you’re going to think of the obvious fireballers who pile up saves. There are those coming off sustained success (Edwin Díaz, Robert Suarez), and there are those you think you can fix as buy-low candidates, believing better outcomes are possible simply because of how overwhelming the physical skills are (Ryan Helsley, Devin Williams ).

To all that, we say: No. Too obvious. Let’s get weird. Really weird. Because, as it turns out, weird can get a lot of outs, and getting outs is the point, isn’t it?

It’s why Tyler Rogers , who throws basically upside down, who has the slowest fastball in baseball at 83.5 mph, who looks like absolutely no one else, is going to be a pretty interesting get this winter – because by one metric

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