September 6, 2022
Tampa Bay Rays – Pete Fairbanks, who by some measures has been the best reliever in baseball this year (albeit in a small sample size given his injuries), picked up his 5th save of the season on Monday. He’s now collected three of the past six Rays saves, so we’ll nudge him past Jason Adam to the top of this committee.
Updated hierarchy: *Fairbanks | Adam | Poche.
* = closer-by-committee
Washington Nationals – Mason Thompson pitched the last three innings of a six-run Washington victory on Monday, earning his first career save.
Hierarchy remains: Finnegan | Edwards | Harvey.
VULTURE SAVE WATCH
Today
1. John Brebbia – Camilo Doval has gone three straight.
2. James Karinchak – Emmanuel Clase has gone three straight.
3. Dylan Coleman – Scott Barlow has gone back to back, including a 24-pitch outing yesterday.
4. Wandy Peralta – Clay Holmes has gone back to back; the Yankees might not push him to a third straight outing this soon after his activation.
Tomorrow
1. Brad Boxberger – If Devin Williams goes today, it’s back to back and three of four.
2. Kendall Graveman – Liam Hendriks threw 30 pitches yesterday; another outing today and he’s likely down tomorrow.