August 29, 2021
Oakland A’s – Sergio Romo worked around a two-run homer from Aaron Judge to preserve a 3-2 A’s win and pick up his first save of the season. Manager Bob Melvin said he would give Lou Trivino a break from closing, but mentioned that he hoped to get Trivino back in the role. We expect this to be a committee and we will move Romo to the top since he got the first save. Jake Diekman and Andrew Chafin should also be options to close out games until Trivino can reclaim the closer’s role.
Updated Hierarchy: *Romo | Diekman | Chafin.
*=closer by committee
Boston Red Sox — Adam Ottavino picked up his second straight save for the Red Sox. Ottavino came on to record the last two outs of the bottom of the 10th inning and earn his 10th save of the season. Garrett Whitlock picked up the win with a scoreless 9th inning of a tie game. Ottavino and Whitlock will both be unavailable for the next two days so Hansel Robles could be an option for saves the next couple of days.
Hierarchy remains: *Ottavino | Whitlock | Robles.
* = closer-by-committee
Cleveland Indians – Cleveland sent struggling reliever James Karinchak to Triple-A. Karinchak closed for a good portion of the season, but he has an 8.40 ERA since the All-Star break. Brian Shaw will move to the set-up role and veterans Nick Wittgren and Blake Parker should see more time in the later innings. We will give Parker the nod of the hierarchy based on his current seven appearance scoreless streak.
Updated hierarchy: Clase | Shaw | Parker.
Tampa Bay Rays — Andrew Kittredge pitched the final two innings of the Rays’ 4-3 victory to earn his fourth save of the season. The Monkey is always a little excited when the guy who we have at the top of the Rays’ committee actually gets a save, but the Rays’ are using too many different guys to close out games at this point to be able to rely on any one guy as a good source of saves in fantasy.
Hierarchy remains: *Kittredge | McHugh | Fairbanks.
* = closer-by-committee
Minnesota Twins – Alex Colome pitched a scoreless 9th inning for his 9th save of the season yesterday. Colome has seven saves since Hansel Robles got traded and Taylor Rogers got hurt and that’s more than enough to kick the committee tag.
Hierarchy remains: Colome | Duffey | Thielbar.
VULTURE SAVE WATCH
Today
1. Hansel Robles (BOS) – Adam Ottavino and Garrett Whitlock will be unavailable for the next couple of days.
2. Michael Fulmer (DET) – Gregory Soto has pitched in two straight and three of four.
3. Kendall Graveman (HOU) – Ryan Pressly has pitched in two straight and three of four.
4. Tyler Duffey (MIN) – Alex Colome has also pitched in two straight and three of four.
Monday
1. Blake Treinen (LAD) – If Kenley Jansen pitches today, it will be back-to-back games.