May 29, 2017
New York Yankees – Adam Warren entered the game with 2 outs in the 8th inning with the tying run on deck, retired the first man he faced, then stayed on for the 9th for his first save of the season. He remains the Yankees’ 7th-inning man for now.
Hierarchy remains: Betances | Clippard | Warren.
Milwaukee Brewers – Jacob Barnes picked up a save that was pretty much identical in every way to Adam Warren’s — the final scores of their respective games were even the same — and he remains the Brewers’ 8th-inning man.
Hierarchy remains: Knebel | Barnes | Torres.
San Diego Padres – Brad Hand collected consecutive saves against the Mets earlier this week, but Andy Green said that he wasn’t the new closer, and that they’d play matchups in the 9th inning going forward. Green turned out to be a man of his word, and Hand was used in the 8th inning yesterday while Brandon Maurer got the 9th. Look for Maurer and Hand to continue splitting opportunities.
Hierarchy remains: *Hand | Maurer | Buchter.
* = closer-by-committee
Tampa Bay Rays – Erasmo Ramirez, who had been shifted to the rotation less than two weeks ago, was summoned in the 15th inning of Sunday’s marathon game against the Twins, where he picked up his first save of the season. Amazingly, Ramirez still plans to start today for the Rays. That’s pretty cool.
Hierarchy remains: Colome | Farquhar | Alvarado.
VULTURE SAVE WATCH
Today
1. Jose Alvarado – Alex Colome threw two innings (35p) last night, two days after throwing 20 pitches in a 1.1-inning appearance, while Danny Farquhar has gone back to back games, throwing 3.1 innings and 50 total pitches.
2. Taylor Rogers – Brandon Kintzler has thrown back to back games, racking up 50 total pitches including 32 last night.
Tomorrow
1. Tommy Kahnle – If David Robertson goes today, it’ll be three straight.
2. Michael Lorenzen – If Raisel Iglesias goes today, it’ll be back to back games and three of four.
3. Keone Kela – If Matt Bush goes today, it’ll be back to back and three of four.