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Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Rankings – 9/5/24 Depth Chart

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

Justin Perri
Fantasy 9/5/2024

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

 

  • All 30 teams were in action on Wednesday, two went to extra innings, and there were saves in six of the 15 contests.
  • Only nine games for Thursday, with 12 teams getting the day off or traveling. Games start at 1:10pm.
  • The Cubs recalled Jack Neely to add bullpen depth and the A’s optioned Joe Boyle, who pitched in relief in his most recent appearance.
  • Miami optioned George Soriano, who has a 6.26 ERA in 19 appearances out of the bullpen this season. He’s being replaced by Anthony Veneziano, who was claimed off waivers after being DFA’d by Kansas City. Veneziano will add bullpen depth.
  • The Phillies added Nick Nelson to the roster, their bullpen had to cover 8.1 innings against the Blue Jays on Tuesday so expect Nelson to get some work sooner rather than later.

 

Yesterday’s Performances

TEX 10 – NYY 6

SV: Kirby Yates (26)

  • Out to a big 5-0 lead after three innings, and 10-2 after seven, the Yankees brought the game into a save situation thanks to a string of three two-out walks in a row. That got Matt Festa pulled, but Grant Anderson gave up a grand slam on the eighth pitch against his first batter faced, making it 10-6.
  • Anderson proceeded to give up another two singles, all still with two outs, creating a save situation which summoned Kirby Yates. He got Giancarlo Stanton to fly out to end the game on a middle-middle 93 mph fastball. It would have been a home run in 13 parks.
  • The Yankees bullpen struggled, with Ron Marinaccio and Tim Mayza giving up two and three runs, respectively. Mark Leiter Jr.’s line looks okay with no earned runs, but he was unable to keep the inherited runners from Mayza from scoring, he allowed a two-run double and then threw a wild pitch to let all three runners score.
  • The Yankees stated that they would be considering other options at closer with Clay Holmes struggling. The situation is now considered a committee. There are many options, and Holmes will likely still be the most frequent option for late-inning work, but if someone starts pitching well, the job could become that of someone like Jake Cousins, Luke Weaver or even Luis Gil.

 

PHI 4 – TOR 2

SV: Carlos Estévez (24)

HD: Jeff Hoffman (19)

  • Cristopher Sánchez pitched seven strong innings, giving up just two runs, and making it easy for the Phillies bullpen to close the door. Jeff Hoffman pitched a clean eighth inning, not allowing a baserunner. It was Hoffman’s first hold of September after recording five in August.
  • Carlos Estévez closed the door, striking out two and walking one to earn his 24th save. He’s 2-1 with four saves and one blown save since the start of last month.
  • The Blue Jays went with Brendon Little and Tommy Nance for the seventh and eighth, they each allowed a walk.
  • Ryan Burr allowed a solo home run to J.T. Realmuto in the top of the ninth in the losing effort.

 

MIA 4 – WSH 3 (10)

W: John McMillon (1-1)

L: Derek Law (7-3)

HD: Jesús Tinoco (6), Jose Ferer (4)

BS: Calvin Faucher (2), Kyle Finnegan (5)

  • This game was a tale of two halves. It was scoreless through five and a half innings, but then in the bottom of the sixth, Nick Fortes drove in the first run of the game against Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore after a walk put a man on base.
  • Valente Bellozo was pulled from his start for Miami after a lead-off double in the top of the seventh. Jesús Tinoco was able to induce a ground out and strike out the next two to strand the runner and earn his sixth hold.
  • The Marlins scored another run in the bottom of the seventh off an Otto Lopez double against Jacob Barnes, who also allowed the scoring base runner thanks to a walk.
  • Mike Baumann struggled to open the top of the eighth, he allowed a string of a walk, a single and another walk without recording an out. He was quickly pulled. Calvin Faucher was given the tough job of holding those runners on and was unable to do so. A walk, a fielder’s choice and a double scored all three runs, counting as a blown save for Foucher.
  • Jose A. Ferrer started the bottom of the eighth and set up Kyle Finnegan for his blown save. Ferer allowed back-to-back two-out singles before Finnegan was called on. He couldn’t get the last out and the tying run scored. He did settle in and finish the inning as well as the entire ninth. He struck out two and sent it to extras.
  • John McMillon took the top of the 10th and was able to hold the runner at second thanks to a three-pitch strike out on a pinch hitter to end the Nationals hopes.
  • Derek Law wasn’t as fortunate, he allowed a single to Xavier Edwards and the Marlins walked off a big win.

 

KCR 4 – CLE 1

SV: Lucas Erceg (9)

HD: Kris Bubic (5)

  • This game had no scoring after the fourth inning, and all four of Kansas City’s runs came on a grand slam from Tommy Pham.
  • After Seth Lugo pitched seven one-run innings, Kris Bubic allowed one hit and struck out three to earn a hold.
  • Lucas Erceg completed the win, snapping the Royals’ seven-game losing streak. It was his ninth save, he didn’t allow a base runner and struck out one.
  • For the Guardians, Eli Morgan got two innings of work, he struck out four and only allowed one hit. Erik Sabrowski and Pedro Avila finished out the losing effort.

 

 

 

The best of the rest…

  • Brent Suter picked up his first save of the year in a 12-5 win over the Astros. Suter pitched the final 10 outs of the game, and any pitcher who records the final nine or more outs in a winning effort records a save, no matter the score. He struck out six and allowed three hits, including a solo home run to Jon Singleton, which was the only score against him.
  • Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combined with Shota Imanaga to throw a No-Hitter! Imanaga walked two, but both relievers were perfect with their frames, though neither recorded a strikeout.
  • With Ryan Helsley having thrown 27 pitches the night before, Andrew Kittredge was called upon to keep the Cardinals game tied against the Brewers after JoJo Romero blew a save. Kittredge threw 1.2 innings and got the win after Joel Payamps allowed the ghost runner to score and Ryan Fernandez got the 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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