May 3, 2016
San Francisco Giants – Josh Osich has been getting the nod in the 8th inning more consistently than Hunter Strickland of late. Though he’s a lefty and his splits are rather skewed, he regularly goes an inning or more and has been consistently better than Strickland. We expect Osich to be the more likely saves candidate if Casilla were unavailable.
Updated hierarchy: Casilla | Osich | Strickland.
Seattle Mariners – Nick Vincent grabbed his fourth hold of the season last night, pitching in the seventh inning. The Mariners have not been using the flamethrower Tony Zych as much as we anticipated, and with Vincent getting holds chances with increasing frequency, we will flip them in the hierarchy for now.
Updated hierarchy: Cishek | Peralta | Vincent.
San Diego Padres – In the last week, Kevin Quackenbush has thrown only 4 in-game pitches, while Ryan Buchter has thrown 57, all in the 7th inning, lowering his ERA to 0.71 in the process. It is hard to imagine that Andy Green would not ride the hot hand going forward.
Updated hierarchy: Rodney | Maurer | Buchter.
VULTURE SAVE WATCH
1. Michael Blazek, Milwaukee Brewers – Jeremy Jeffress has gone on back to back days including a rather taxing, 28-pitch outing last night. He has yet to pitch in three straight games this year, so Blazek could get an opportunity.
