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Chaz Roe, Atlanta Braves/Tampa Bay Rays
Roe started this season with the Braves, who claimed him off waivers from the Orioles in August 2016, but pitched just three games for them before suffering a right lat strain that cost him nearly five months. By the time Roe got back on a big league mound in September, he’d been traded to the Rays. He did solid work in his brief stint with Tampa Bay, allowing one run and collecting 12 strikeouts in 8 2/3 innings. And Roe saved the best for last: he struck out the side against the Orioles in the ninth inning of Sunday’s season finale.
