April 6, 2022
Texas Rangers – In a flurry of bullpen roster moves, the Rangers sent Spencer Patton to Triple-A, placed Garrett Richards on the IL, and added Greg Holland to the roster. Unfortunately, this doesn’t do much to clarify who will be getting saves for the Rangers when the season begins. We will move veteran Matt Bush to the top of the committee, but we think that Joe Barlow, Greg Holland, and maybe even Josh Sborz will be in the mix for saves. We will continue to monitor this situation closely to see if anybody emerges as the primary source of saves.
Updated hierarchy: *Bush | Barlow | Holland.
* = closer-by-committee
Oakland A’s — Deolis Guerra will undergo surgery and start the season on the IL. Manager Mark Kotsay also confirmed that A.J. Puk will open the season in the bullpen and he is hoping Puk could take on a role similar to Josh Hader. We will add Puk to the hierarchy and he is definitely somebody to keep an eye on as the season progresses.
Updated hierarchy: Trivino | Acevedo | Puk.
Seattle Mariners — Ken Giles will miss the start of the season due to a tendon issue in his finger. Giles wasn’t on our hierarchy to start the season but he was a popular sleeper if he could work his way back to pitching like he did a couple of years ago. This setback will hurt those chances but if you are still looking for a sleeper who is not on the Mariners’ hierarchy currently, Andres Munoz is throwing 101 MPH fastballs and that is always interesting from a reliever.
Hierarchy remains: *Steckenrider | Sewald | Castillo.
* = closer-by-committee
