Giovanny Gallegos grabs another save

May 31, 2023

St. Louis Cardinals – Giovanny Gallegos didn’t make it easy on himself, allowing one run on two hits, but he recorded his seventh save of the season on Tuesday. That’s now one more save than Ryan Helsley, who we last saw blowing Sunday’s opportunity. We teased on Monday that this could be a committee soon, and with Gallegos grabbing the last three saves for St. Louis, now is that time.

Hierarchy remains: *Helsley | Gallegos | VerHagen.
* = closer-by-committee

Chicago Cubs — The Cubs used Mark Leiter Jr. in the seventh to protect a one-run lead against the 9-1-2 hitters, and he got the job done with three groundouts. That left the last two innings for Adbert Alzolay, who impressively retired all six Rays batters he faced to secure his second save (and just the team’s seventh save) of the season.

Hierarchy remains: *Leiter Jr. | Alzolay | Fulmer.
* = closer-by-committee

Pittsburgh Pirates — After a nine-save April, David Bednar had to wait until May 30 for the chance to record his 10th save of the season. Once he figured out how to open the bullpen door, Bednar struck out two of the three batters he faced to earn the save.

Hierarchy remains: Bednar | Holderman | Stephenson. 

VULTURE SAVE WATCH
Today

1. Wandy Peralta/Clay Holmes (NYY) – Michael King threw 36 pitches last night.

Tomorrow
1. Lucas Sims (CIN) – If Alexis Diaz goes tonight, it’s back to back and three of four.