June 7, 2022
Seattle Mariners – Paul Sewald has been steadily cementing himself atop the Mariners hierarchy, but he got Monday off, having thrown 59 pitches over the preceding four days. Andres Munoz was also off, having pitched in back to back games and three of four, which meant a medley of less-heralded arms combined to bridge the gap between Robbie Ray and Diego Castillo, who locked down his third save of the season and is now on a run of 7 consecutive scoreless innings. One other reliever to watch here is rookie Penn Murfee, who logged 1.2 of those gap innings; Murphy’s three-quarters delivery has baffled hitters all season (19.1 IP, 0.93 ERA, 0.72 WHIP, 22 Ks), and he could see more high-leverage work going forward.
Hierarchy remains: *Sewald | Munoz | Castillo.
* = closer-by-committee
Tampa Bay Rays – The Rays got committee leader Andrew Kittredge back over the weekend, so you can get him back in your lineups and count on him getting at least one or two of the next nine Tampa save chances.
Updated hierarchy: *Kittredge | Poche | Raley.
* = closer-by-committee
VULTURE SAVE WATCH
Today
1. Eli Morgan/Trevor Stephan/Matt Bush/Dennis Santana – The Guardians and Rangers have a doubleheader today.
Tomorrow
1. Ryan Tepera – Raisel Iglesias threw a lot of pitches Sunday; an extended outing again today will likely mean he needs Wednesday off.