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Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Rankings – 9/12/24 Depth Chart

Breakdowns of key bullpen usage from yesterday's slate of games.

Justin Perri
Fantasy 9/12/2024

Welcome back to the latest edition of our Reliever Ranks series! This will bring you up-to-date bullpen depth charts every morning for the day’s games and makes for an excellent tool for those looking to stream saves or wins. This series runs seven days a week, so check in every morning to get your daily bullpen fix!

Notes

Transactions and Schedule

  • Wednesday featured a full slate of games but Thursday is only half populated with 14 teams getting the day off before the weekend. There are also three early games today to finish off a few series.
  • Edwin Uceta of the Tampa Bay Rays has been suspended 3 games for hitting Nick Castellanos with a pitch.
  • There were 11 saves recorded yesterday!
Yesterday’s Performances

NYY 4 – KC 3

W: Luke Weaver (5-3)

L: Kris Bubic (0-1)

BS: Clay Holmes (12), Kris Bubic (3)

  • Cole Ragans was cruising until Juan Soto took him yard to give the Yankees their first runs of the night in and a 2-1 lead in the 6th, Ragans would finish the inning and strike out seven on the night.
  • The Yankees had already pulled Luis Gil after the 5th inning and Tim Hill handled the top of the 6th which technically put him in line for the win after the Soto home run. Unfortunately, Clay Holmes blew his 12th save in the top of the 7th by allowing back-to-back singles to open the inning. A line out to right and a sac fly would score the runner.
  • From there, both bullpens locked the strong opposing lineups down. Tommy Kahnle didn’t allow a base runner in the 8th and Jake Cousins handled the 9th for New York.  Kansas City went with Sam Long in the 7th and then Lucas Erceg handled both the 8th and the 9th inning, each allowing one hit while keeping the score tied into extra innings
  • Cousins was also tasked with handing the tenth, which led to a stolen base and a run scored from a wild pitch. It was not his best work, he only incurred a 7.7% swinging strike rate in the appearance, which is much lower than his 15.6% seasonal average.
  • Luke Weaver was tasked with stopping any further damage and did so well. Finishing off the 10th and then also being tasked with the top of the 11th. Weaver looked great, with his four seamer up a tick at 96.4 MPH and both his cutter and changeup also a bit faster as well. He earned a 40% CSW% and struck out three of the five batters he faced without allowing a baserunner.
  • The Royals went with Kris Bubic to do the same, holding the ghost runner in both innings. He was unable to do so in either. He allowed the Yankees to score on back-to-back sacrifice plays in the 10th, which really isn’t his fault but does count as a blown save. Then, with Weaver holding Kansas City off the board, Bubic allowed the winning run to score on an infield single after advancing to third on a ground out. He only induced one swinging strike on his fifteen pitches, to go along with some bad luck.

PHI 3 – TB 2

SV: Carlos Estevez (25)

HD: José Alvarado (9), Matt Strahm (15)

L: Drew Rasmussen (0-1)

  • Shane Baz started the game for the Rays and pitched into the 6th inning against Zack Wheeler. Baz was pulled for Rasmussen in the 6th after both starters gave up two runs each. Rasmussen a walk and two singles, all with two outs, to give the Phillies the lead their bullpen would hold. He stayed in for the 7th, and, in all, got just 2 whiffs on his 31 pitches.
  • Matt Strahm got three contact outs in the 7th, and José Alvarado worked the 8th with one strike out, each earning a hold.
  • Carlos Estévez got a ground out on the first pitch in the top of the 9th, and then allowed a single to a pinch hitter before catching the pinch runner stealing, the final out coming from a ground out to first.

BOS 5 – BAL 3

W: Greg Weissert (4-2)

L: Keegan Akin (3-1)

HD: Chris Martin (13)

BS: Keegan Akin (3), Justin Slaten (4)

  • Starters combined to throw 13 innings in this game, with the Red Sox leading 2-1 after the seventh thanks to an unearned run.
  • Chris Martin fired 15 of his 18 pitches for strikes, and 4 whiffs to get through the 7th and earn a hold while only allowing a hit and notching a strikeout.
  • Justin Slaten allowed Anthony Santander to hit his 41st home run of the season in the 8th, which tied the game and blew the save for Slaten. He only threw nine pitches but it did not look great, four balls in play and three of them were ideal contact.
  • Seranthony Domínguez and Kenley Jansen each held the tie in the 9th, Dominguez striking out two and Jansen trowing 8-of-11 pitches for strikes but earning his three outs through contact. Both allowed a hit.
  • Greg Weissert allowed a single to score the ghost runner but held on well other than that. It would prove to be more than enough. After an error to put a second man on, Keegan Akin allowed a walk-off game-winning home run to Tyler O’Neill counted as a blown save loss with it giving up the lead and losing the game.

The best of the rest…

  • Jalen Beeks picked up his 10th save of the season with Aroldis Chapman having pitched the night before and David Bednar allowing the Marlins only run in the 9th. Beeks was called in to get the final out, awarding Bednar a hold.
  • Tough to give the White Sox their own full-game blurb, but Emmanuel Clase picked up save 44 on the year with Hunter Gaddis and Cade Smith notching holds number 32 and 25, respectively.
  • Edwin Diaz picked up a one-out save of his own on Wednesday, his 18th. The Mets were being no hit into the 9th by Bowden Francis and then scored four runs off Chad Greene, and six in the 9th to make it 6-1. After a little activity and a run scored, Diaz entered with two on and two out in a four-run game and got a fly out from Nathan Lukes.
  • Jordan Montgomery got his first save of the season. He pitched the final three innings of a game in which the Diamondbacks were up by 8 when he entered. All of his pitches were up a tick, he might end up being an effective relief arm for the snakes.
  • Jason Foley earned his 22nd save of the year against the Rockies in a game where the Tigers took a 6-0 lead in the 4th and were nursing a 7-4 lead by the 5th. It would stay there and Foley would close it out with two K-s in the 9th, but only two whiffs.
  • Johan Duran was called into a 6-3 game and gave up three singles to allow a run. He struck out two, threw 68.2% of his pitches for strikes, and earned three whiffs, including the out-pitches on both strikeouts.
  • Ryan Helsley notched his 44th save!

Bullpen Depth Charts

Also, if you’re looking for a detailed list or ranking of RPs, check out Rick Graham’s weekly pieces:

The Hold Up: Ranking the Top 100 Relievers for Holds Every Thursday

Closing Time: Ranking the Top 30 Closers

Top 100 Relievers for Save+Hold Leagues

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