Jason Motte

Motte delivered good ratios over 46 appearances for the Braves last season, thanks to a very low hit rate (28 hits allowed in 40.2 innings). His peripherals were among the worst of his career, as he struck out just 16.3 percent of the batters he faced while he issued walks at a career-high 12.1-percent clip. If he's on a 25-man roster in 2018, it seems highly unlikely that he'll be utilized as a ninth-inning option, as high-leverage work may be out of the question now that he's unable to miss bats. As positives go, he posted the highest groundball rate of his career in 2017 (45.2 percent), but unless he finds a way to ratchet that rate up even further, his ERA is more likely to soar above 5.00 than to remain in the mid- 3.00 range. If this turns out to the be the end of the line for him, Motte will retire with 60 career saves, 375 strikeouts in 397.2 innings, a 3.30 career ERA, and a 1.15 career WHIP.