May 18, 2021
San Francisco Giants – Jake McGee was ostensibly available on Monday, but with his last outing leaving a bit to be desired, and his ERA currently sitting at 5.09, the Giants went to Tyler Rogers, who earned his fifth save. Rogers (0.73 ERA) moves to the head of the committee for now.
Updated hierarchy: *Rogers | McGee | Doval.
* = closer-by-committee
Detroit Tigers – Michael Fulmer picked up his third save yesterday (all since May 5th), throwing a scoreless inning after Gregory Soto got the last out of the 8th. Fulmer moves to the top of this committee and could look to run with the job.
Updated hierarchy: *Fulmer | Soto | Cisnero.
* = closer-by-committee
Minnesota Twins – In his second relief appearance of this season, Willians Astudillo was ever so close to extending his scoreless streak to two perfect innings, until he tried to sneak a 4th straight eephus pitch past Yermin Mercedes, who crushed the 47.1 mph offering to deep center to give the White Sox a 12-run lead. La Tortuga’s quest for a 0.00 ERA season is over.
Hierarchy remains: *Robles | Rogers | Duffy.
* = closer-by-committee
VULTURE SAVE WATCH
Today
1. Blake Treinen – Kenley Jansen threw 1.1 innings last night.
2. Trevor May – Edwin Diaz has gone back to back.
3. Alex Claudio – The Angels’ top arms have all seen a lot of work lately, so we’re going off hierarchy and picking Alex Claudio as a possible save candidate tonight. (Expect even more preening than usual if we’re right about this one.)
Tomorrow
1. Joely Rodriguez/John King – If Ian Kennedy goes tonight, it’s back to back.