Joakim Soria records save, Greg Holland will report to Single A

April 1, 2018

Chicago White Sox – Joakim Soria picked up the first save of the season for the White Sox yesterday.  Soria worked around a hit and a walk to throw a scoreless ninth inning.  Nate Jones struck out two in a scoreless eighth inning.  It is worth noting that the Royals had 3-4-5 in their order due up in the eighth so Jones had the tougher assignment.  At this point, we will leave the committee tag up there with Soria on top.

Hierarchy remains: *Soria | Jones | Minaya.
* = closer-by-committee

St. Louis Cardinals – The Cardinals have finalized their deal with Greg Holland, and he will report to Single A to get ready.  Holland could be ready to join the Cardinals in as few as 10 days.  We will leave Holland at the top of the hierarchy since he was clearly signed to be their closer, but Dominic Leone and Tyler Lyons should see save chances until he is ready to join the team.

Hierarchy remains: Holland | Leone | Lyons.

New York Mets – Anthony Swarzak left yesterday’s game with a sore left oblique.  Swarzak is optimistic that this is not something serious, but he will likely miss some time.  Look for Robert Gsellman to see more time in the later innings if Swarzak is placed on the disabled list.

Hierarchy Remains: Familia | Ramos | Swarzak.

VULTURE SAVE WATCH
Today/Monday
1. Joe Kelly – Craig Kimbrel has pitched in back-to-back games and the Red Sox could be cautious early in the season.
2. Kyle Barraclough – Brad Ziegler has gone in two straight, including a 31 pitch outing yesterday.
3. Jared Hughes – Raisel Iglesias is on paternity leave.
4. A.J. Ramos – Jeurys Familia has pitched in two of three, throwing a total of 47 pitches.
5. Aaron Loup/Seung-Hwan Oh – Roberto Osuna and Ryan Tepera have both pitched in back-to-back games