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Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Roundup: 5/31

A Review of Key Bullpen and Reliever Usage from Yesterday's Games

Rick Graham

RP Roundup 6/1/2026

Welcome to the RP Roundup, my daily fantasy baseball article reviewing every reliever performance from the previous day.

TOR 5 – BAL 9

Toronto Blue Jays
Adam Macko	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	37% CSW
Hayden Juenger	1.0 IP	3 ER	2 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	17% CSW
Yariel Rodriguez	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	6% CSW
Mason Fluharty	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	2 Whiffs	50% CSW

Hayden Juenger made his debut here, and while the changeup is great, the fastball and slider are lagging.

Baltimore Orioles
Tyler Wells	1.0 IP	4 ER	4 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW
Rico Garcia	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW

Not a great time for Tyler Wells to fall apart, as this Orioles bullpen is struggling to find consistency in front of Rico Garcia right now.

SDP 2 – WSN 4

San Diego Padres
Yuki Matsui	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	50% CSW
Jeremiah Estrada	0.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	17% CSW
Adrian Morejon	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	23% CSW
Jason Adam	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	26% CSW

Officially concerned about Jeremiah Estrada again. The velocity (and command) has fallen back to where it was at was earlier in the season. Another IL stint could be incoming.

Washington Nationals
Orlando Ribalta – HLD (2)	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	24% CSW
Clayton Beeter – SV (4)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	19% CSW

Back-to-back saves for Clayton Beeter, and he still does not look very good, but this Padres lineup is pretty helpless right now (team average is .200 over the past month). The command was better here, at least, but at what point do we worry about the velocity decline?

MIN 3 – PIT 9

Minnesota Twins
Mike Paredes	3.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	3 BB	3 K	7 Whiffs	22% CSW

Mike Paredes made his debut here, and the fastball is terrible, but the sweeper and changeup aren’t bad. Could be an up and down long relief type.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Cam Sanders	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	46% CSW
Brandan Bidois	2.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	50% CSW

Brandan Bidois left a first-pitch fastball down and in to Lee to start the ninth here, but outside of that mistake, he looked great here. He’s close to being trustworthy, just needs consistent command now.

BOS 9 – CLE 4

Boston Red Sox
Jovani Morán – W (1)	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	27% CSW
Tyron Guerrero	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Greg Weissert	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	42% CSW
Aroldis Chapman	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	38% CSW

Jovani Morán is on a nice run here, with a 1.23 ERA (0.48 SIERA), 0.27 WHIP, and 48% K-BB rate over his past 7.1 IP. A bright spot in an otherwise sad Red Sox season so far.

Cleveland Guardians
Colin Holderman – L (1)	0.1 IP	2 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	15% CSW
Tim Herrin – BS (1)	0.1 IP	3 ER	1 H	2 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	32% CSW
Codi Heuer	0.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW
Will Dion	2.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	3 K	4 Whiffs	26% CSW

Colin Holderman didn’t have his best command here, and it’s a reminder that he’s not a big stuff guy anymore, so when the command goes, we are going to get some rough results occasionally.

LAA 2 – TBR 5

Los Angeles Angels
Mitch Farris	4.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	3 BB	4 K	2 Whiffs	23% CSW
Drew Pomeranz	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	2 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	29% CSW
Brent Suter	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	25% CSW

Drew Pomeranz velocity has been down a bit since coming off the IL, but the command is the bigger issue for him. Too many middle-middle fastballs plagued him before going on the IL, and it still looks like it could be an issue.

Tampa Bay Rays
Casey Legumina – HLD (2)	1.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	32% CSW
Kevin Kelly – HLD (12)	1.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	30% CSW
Bryan Baker – SV (16)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	45% CSW

Bryan Baker’s velocity was down over a MPH here, but that could be due to the three-run lead and not needing to get to top velo (plus he only threw 3 fastballs). The only concern here is the heavy workload early on.

ATL 4 – CIN 6

Atlanta Braves
Didier Fuentes	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	1 Whiffs	23% CSW
Dylan Dodd	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	14% CSW
Reynaldo López	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	62% CSW

Reynaldo López fastball was up over a MPH, while Didier Fuentes fastball was down over a MPH. Hopefully, this is just an off day for Fuentes, but it’s good to see López’s stuff trending in the right direction. It looks like both are in the bullpen for good now (barring a rash of starter injuries/setbacks with guys rehabbing).

Cincinnati Reds
Brock Burke – HLD (7)	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	40% CSW
Tony Santillan – HLD (11)	0.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	28% CSW
Sam Moll – SV (1)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	10% CSW

Tony Santillan is back creating chaos as he got a quick out here (a fastball Riley just missed barreling) before allowing a walk, single, and while he got León to fly out, Acuna lined a single to center to keep the inning going. I don’t know who the Reds can trust in the ninth inning, but it probably shouldn’t be Santillan, right?

MIA 1 – NYM 10

Miami Marlins
Anthony Bender	1.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	47% CSW
Calvin Faucher	0.2 IP	2 ER	2 H	2 BB	2 K	1 Whiffs	26% CSW
Cade Gibson	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	38% CSW
Josh White	0.2 IP	5 ER	1 H	4 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	21% CSW
William Kempner	1.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	3 K	6 Whiffs	46% CSW
Javier Sanoja	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	11% CSW

Josh White made his debut here, and yep, that’s not going to work. The fastball and breakers are just not very good. Ekness and Kempner (his velo was way down here, though) may be worth chasing, but not White.

DET 1 – CHW 2

Detroit Tigers
Drew Anderson – L (3)	0.2 IP	2 ER	4 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	28% CSW
Tyler Holton	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	20% CSW
Brenan Hanifee	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	12% CSW

Drew Anderson is working his way out of the interim closer mix with his last two outings, so I guess we really are back to Will Vest being the guy? Anderson’s stuff wasn’t even bad here; the changeup command (and to a lesser degree, the curveball command) was just terrible.

Chicago White Sox
Chris Murphy	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	3 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	16% CSW
Brandon Eisert – W (1)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	38% CSW
Bryan Hudson – HLD (4)	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW
Tyler Davis – SV (1)	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	17% CSW

Tyler Davis wound up getting the last two outs here as they didn’t want to risk a lefty facing Vierling. Could Davis eventually be a closer option down the road? Potentially, but he was only in this position because Seranthony Domínguez and Grant Taylor were off.

MIL 2 – HOU 0

Milwaukee Brewers
Abner Uribe – HLD (6)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	50% CSW
Trevor Megill – SV (8)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	38% CSW

Both Abner Uribe and Trevor Megill looked great here, but Megill is clearly back in the driver’s seat as the team’s closer now. Over Megill’s last 16 innings pitched, he holds a 1.13 ERA (1.56 SIERA), 0.63 WHIP, and 38% K rate (17% SwStr, 117 Stuff+).

Houston Astros
Alimber Santa	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	36% CSW
Nate Pearson	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW

Alimber Santa has such a bad fastball, but he only threw it five times here. If he throws the sweeper 50% of the time, slider 30%, fastball 20%, maybe something like that can work? Can he throw enough strikes with that approach, though?

KCR 3 – TEX 6

Kansas City Royals
Steven Cruz	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	27% CSW
Mason Black	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	45% CSW
Eli Morgan	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	31% CSW

Is Mason Black a potential answer to the bullpen woes in Kansas City? The fastball looked better here, and the breakers looked great. If the fastball can stick around 95 MPH (with some better command), there could be something here.

Texas Rangers
Jalen Beeks	0.2 IP	1 ER	3 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	14% CSW
Peyton Gray	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	40% CSW
Gavin Collyer	1.0 IP	2 ER	1 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	26% CSW
Jacob Latz – SV (7)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	56% CSW

Gavin Collyer’s fastball velocity was down, and sweeper velocity was up, which is not ideal. He’s not the answer in the 7th/8th inning right now, but maybe Peyton Gray can be? The fastball looks better, and the changeups have always been solid.

SFG 19 – COL 6

San Francisco Giants
Tristan Beck	1.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	12% CSW
Caleb Kilian – W (2)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Joel Peguero	1.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	23% CSW
JT Brubaker	1.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	12% CSW

We don’t love seeing Caleb Kilian in the 6th inning, but at least he pitched well in Coors. The command wasn’t great, and stuff was down, but he’ll take the clean outing and move on. Who gets the next save here, nobody knows.

Colorado Rockies
Brennan Bernardino	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	22% CSW
Zach Agnos	1.0 IP	7 ER	7 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	14% CSW
Keegan Thompson	2.0 IP	3 ER	4 H	0 BB	2 K	8 Whiffs	38% CSW
Juan Mejia	0.2 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	19% CSW
Brett Sullivan	1.1 IP	2 ER	5 H	0 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	33% CSW

Oh Rockies.

NYY 13 – ATH 8

New York Yankees
Tim Hill	1.0 IP	4 ER	3 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	15% CSW
Fernando Cruz	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	20% CSW
David Bednar	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	16% CSW

No curveballs from David Bednar here…but the fastball command was a mess. Despite how bad his curveball is, it was the one pitch he could throw for a strike, so I don’t think he can totally get rid of it. The usage just needs to come down.

Athletics
Michael Kelly	0.2 IP	6 ER	6 H	2 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	31% CSW
Jack Perkins	2.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	37% CSW
Mark Leiter Jr.	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW
Luis Medina	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	4 K	7 Whiffs	59% CSW
José Suarez	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW

This game was over early on, but that’s an intriguing line from Luis Medina. I still can’t fully get behind this, though, as the stuff is not great (everything is below average), but maybe he has a deep enough arsenal to keep hitters off balance more often than not?

ARI 2 – SEA 3

Arizona Diamondbacks
Kevin Ginkel	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	31% CSW
Brandyn Garcia	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Juan Morillo	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	5 K	10 Whiffs	42% CSW
Jonathan Loáisiga – L (2)	0.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW

Juan Morillo looks fine to me, I don’t know what we were worried about. I actually can’t believe the amount of whiffs Morillo racked up here as his velocity was down nearly 1 MPH, and he threw 24 fastballs in this 31-pitch (only 10 pitches in the zone) outing. Also, only 10 pitches were in the zone here, with five of them middle-middle. This was actually maybe the worst Morillo has looked this year, but I won’t argue with 10 whiffs, right?

PHI 1 – LAD 9

Philadelphia Phillies
Tanner Banks	1.2 IP	2 ER	3 H	1 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	29% CSW
Chase Shugart	1.2 IP	2 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW
Nolan Hoffman	1.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	2 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	22% CSW

Meh

Los Angeles Dodgers
Will Klein	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	22% CSW
Edgardo Henriquez	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	12% CSW
Jonathan Hernández	2.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	26% CSW

No whiffs, but Edgardo Henriquez was averaging 102 MPH with his fastball here. He’s still a work in progress, but the potential is off the charts.

CHC 1 – STL 5

Chicago Cubs
Ethan Roberts	1.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	32% CSW
Trent Thornton	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	32% CSW
Phil Maton	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	36% CSW
Ryan Rolison	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	3 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW

More sinkers than cutters from Phil Maton here. Maybe it’s surprising hitters for now, but that sinker is not a pitch I’d want to see him fall in love with. Playing it off the cutter occasionally could work, though.

St. Louis Cardinals
Hunter Dobbins – SV (1)	3.2 IP	1 ER	4 H	0 BB	4 K	7 Whiffs	31% CSW

Good to see Hunter Dobbins back on an MLB roster, and I’d imagine he works his way into the rotation sooner rather than later. He’s probably a better option than Leahy, Pallante, or McGreevy.

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Rick Graham

Rick resides in the Boston area and has experience as a player and coach at the collegiate level. He has been covering relievers for Pitcher List since 2017.

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