July 11, 2021
Tampa Bay Rays – Diego Castillo pitched a scoreless 9th on Saturday for his 13th save of the season. The Rays have only had two saves since June 15th but both have gone to Castillo. Do we dare mention the thought of removing the asterisk? Don’t worry Castillo fantasy owners, we wouldn’t do that to you after what happened earlier in the season…
Hierarchy remains: *Castillo | Fairbanks | Feyereisen.
* = closer-by-committee
Seattle Mariners — Kendall Graveman got the day off after pitching in two straight and that allowed Paul Sewald to pick up his second save of the season. Drew Steckenrider struck out the side in the 8th inning ahead of Sewald and that’s enough to get him on the hierarchy.
Updated hierarchy: Graveman | Sewald | Steckenrider.
New York Yankees — The Yankees have placed Jonathan Loaisiga on the COVID IL, but he may not be out very long as manager Aaron Boone said Loaisiga was feeling good. The Yankees did not need their bullpen at all yesterday as Gerrit Cole pitched a complete game but Aroldis Chapman was warming up for the save chance if the Yankees decided to pull Cole.
Hierarchy remains: *Chapman | Green | Loiasiga.
* = closer-by-committee
VULTURE SAVE WATCH
Today
1. Brad Brach/Amir Garrett (CIN) – Heath Hembree has pitched in two straight and four of five.
2. Devin Williams (MIL) – Josh Hader has pitched in three of four.
3. Jake Diekman/Yusmeiro Petit (OAK) – Lou Trivino has pitched in two of the past three, including 1.2 innings and 26 pitches yesterday.
4. Joely Rodriguez (TEX) – Ian Kennedy has pitched in back-to-back games.