Hudson done for the year, McGee may be stepping back.

June 25, 2022

Los Angeles Dodgers — While protecting a 3 run lead in the 8th inning, Daniel Hudson fell awkwardly off the mound, and suffered a season ending ACL injury. Hudson had been the team leader in holds, and was the only Dodger with a save besides Craig Kimbrel. Bursdar Graterol will take over the primary set-up responsibilities, while Evan Phillips (who pitched a clean 7th inning last night) will jump into the hierarchy. We wish Hudson a speedy recovery. 

Updated Hierarchy: Kimbrel, Graterol, Phillips.

Houston Astros – The Vulture Save Watch almost nailed an off hierarchy save, with Phil Maton getting the the 8th inning and earning a hold, but the Astros sent Rafael Montero out for the 3rd day in a row for the save chance. Montero walked a couple hitters, but converted for his 5th save on the year. Pressly was coming off one of his worst performances of the year, but this was a usage based vulture save and we expect Pressly to be right back in line for the next save chance.

Hierarchy remains: Pressly | Montero | Stanek.

San Francisco Giants — 2 days after blowing a vulture save chance, Jake McGee was brought into the 6th inning of a game his team was losing by 2. He gave up another run, ballooning his ERA to a not-so-nice 6.98. McGee had worked his way back into the late inning mix until this most recent spell, but the 6th inning of a losing game is not where you would expect to see a first in line reliever. Experience may win out in the end, but we think McGee is going to spend some time working in lower leverage spots before he gets another save. 

Updated Hierarchy: Doval, Leone, McGee.

Vulture Save Watch:

  1. Rowan Wick (CHC) – David Robertson has pitched in 3 straight.
  2. Luis Garcia (SD) – Taylor Rogers threw 29 pitches last night,
  3. Jason Adam (TB) – Colin Poche has pitched in 3 of 4, and its the Rays.

For Sunday:

  1. Brusdar Graeterol (LAD) – Today would be back to back and 3 of 4 for Craig Kimbrel.
  2. Drew Smith (NYM) – Same for Edwin Diaz.
  3. Diego Castillo (SEA) – Today would be 3 in a row for Paul Sewald, but he has kept his pitch count low.
  4. Felix Bautista (BAL) – Same for Jorge Lopez.
  5. Joel Kuhnel (CIN) – Same for Hunter Strickland, meanwhile Jeff Hoffman has been placed on the COVID list.