Can I catch up in ratios?

[Sam]

Coming down to the wire - in 2nd, 5 points behind first. I'm a few runs behind that team which could be a 2 point swing but the most points I can catch up in is whip. I'm at 1.24 and I can gain 2 points by getting it down around 1.20 and upwards of 4-5 points if I can get it under 1.19. With such little time left and obviously the ratios being impacted the least at this point - what's my best strategy to try to shave off those points?

Do I just let it ride with my pitching staff (Stras, Flaherty, Paxton, Keuchel, German, Aroldis Chapman, Kimbrel, Neris and T. Rogers)?

Or any relievers I should try and target that could help pile up some last minute innings with low whips (some projected low whips for the rest of the season - Petit, Kela, Jarlin Garcia, Brasier, Cishek, Pressly, Chris Martin, Trevor May, etc.).

[Controller Jacobs]

We're ~138 games into the season, ~24 games left. Given a similar # of innings/week to what you've done so far, getting from 1.24 down to 1.20 would take 1.20-((1.24-1.20)*138/24) = 0.970 whip.
Relievers will likely have a better whip, but will reduce the # of innings, so the whip would need to be lower, relatively.
Keuchel has had a *much* better whip at home than away this year, and somewhat better last year, so probably best to start him against good matchups.
Paxton has also had a much better whip at home, but it looks like that was just a correlation with him doing so poorly in June+July, you're probably stuck with him.
Overall, there's a very low chance of you lowering your whip by 0.04, though somebody above you could certainly raise theirs with some poor starts.

[Judge Jude]

yeah, I think this ship likely has sailed for you

[Gregg]

Your long shot is to keep your starters hoping they are lights out. You can't get enough innings going with relievers. You will also need your competition to blow up.

[Sam]

Well poop! Thanks all - fingers crossed... Will focus my energy on getting that extra point or two in quality starts and wins instead. A little further behind in those categories but can try and stream effectively.