May 17, 2015
Chicago Cubs – Travis Wood recorded his first career save on Saturday. With the Cubs bullpen struggling, they announced that Wood will move to the bullpen. With Wood recording a save in his first appearance, he will likely factor into the Cubs’ late inning bullpen plans.
Updated hierarchy: Rondon | Strop | Wood.
St. Louis Cardinals — Kevin Siegrist pitched a scoreless 8th in a tie game yesterday to lower his ERA to just a touch over 1.00. Seth Maness, on the other hand, gave up 4 runs in his appearance on Friday to raise his ERA to over 5.00. Siegrist has been consistently pitching in the 7th and or 8th inning, and could close for the Cardinals when Rosenthal is unavailable.
Updated hierarchy: Rosenthal | Siegrist | Maness.
Los Angeles Dodgers — Kenley Jansen is supposed to be eased back into the closers’ role but that might not end up happening. After Friday’s outing, Jansen said he feels ready to close games. Manager Don Mattingly also said that Jansen didn’t look rusty at all. In other Dodgers’ bullpen news, Sergio Santos followed Jansen’s four strikeout inning on Friday with one of his own last night.
Hierarchy remains: *Jansen | Garcia | Hatcher.
* closer-by-committee
VULTURE SAVE WATCH
1. Jim Johnson, Atlanta Braves – Jason Grilli has pitched in two in a row, including a 27 pitch outing yesterday
2. Bryan Shaw, Cleveland Indians – Cody Allen has pitched in two straight and three of the last four.
