June 25, 2023
Washington Nationals — Hunter Harvey pitched a scoreless 9th inning for his 5th save of the season while Kyle Finnegan pitched the 8th ahead of him. Harvey has recorded three of the last four saves for the Nationals. Meanwhile, Kyle Finnegan has not recorded a save since May 25th. We will move Harvey to the head of this committee and see if Finnegan will remain in the mix or if Harvey takes the job by himself moving forward.
Updated hierarchy: *Harvey | Finnegan | Thompson.
* = closer-by-committee
New York Yankees — The Yankees were lining up to use Tommy Kahnle in the 7th, Wandy Peralta in the 8th, and Clay Holmes in the 9th but after Peralta ran into some trouble, Holmes was needed to finish out the 8th. That left Ron Marinaccio for the 9th and he pitched a scoreless inning for his second save of the season. The Yankees bullpen have a lot of solid options at the back-end of their bullpen but there are two guys heading in opposite directions right now and we will swap them on the hiearchy. Tommy Kahnle has 10 straight scoreless appearances since returning from the IL and has only allowed three hits. Meanwhile, Michael King has given up runs in five of his last six appearances.
Updated hierarchy: *Holmes | Kahnle | Peralta.
* = closer-by-committee
Los Angeles Dodgers – After a Ryne Stanek balk in the top of the 9th inning allowed the go-ahead run to score, Evan Phillips earned his 10th save of the season with a scoreless bottom of the 9th inning. Phillips is the best bet to get a save on any given night but Brusdar Graterol has been solid this season and could steal some saves from Phillips.
Hierarchy remains: *Phillips | Graterol | Ferguson.
* = closer-by-committee
Detroit Tigers – Alex Lange recorded all four of his outs via strikeout yesterday to close out a 3-2 Tigers win and pick up his 12th save of the season. Jason Foley picked up the hold ahead of Lange. Lange has had two straight impressive outings and could remove the committee tag with a couple more.
Hierarchy remains: *Lange | Foley | Cisnero.
* = closer-by-committee
New York Mets – David Robertson recorded the last five outs of the Mets win yesterday to pick up his 11th save of the season. The Mets have not had many saves recently but Robertson now has more than double the number of saves as Adam Ottavino and is his usage and overall numbers indicate he should be the primary closer moving forward. We will kick the asterisk but note this is still a modern bullpen so even without it being a true committee, there could be times when Robertson is used before the 9th based on matchups and game situations.
Hierarchy remains: Robertson | Ottavino | Raley.
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Today
1. Chris Martin (BOS) – Kenley Jansen has pitched in two straight and three of four.
2. Michael King (NYY) – Clay Holmes, Wandy Peralta, and Tommy Kahnle have all pitched in two straight
3. Erik Swanson (TOR) – Jordan Romano has pitched in two straight and four of five.
4. Dauri Moreta (PIT) – David Bednar has pitched in two straight and three of four.
5. Giovanny Gallegos (STL) – Jordan Hicks is battling an illness so he may be unavailable today.
6. Taylor Rogers (SF) – Camilo Doval has pitched in two straight and three of four while Tyler Rogers has pitched in two straight and four of five.
Monday
1. Joe Kelly/Renaldo Lopez (CHW) – Kendall Graveman threw 28 pitches yesterday and will likely get Monday off if he pitches again today.
2. Jason Foley/Jose Cisnero (DET) – Alex Lange also threw 28 pitches yesterday and will likely get Monday off if he pitches again today.