Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Roundup: 6/29

Chicago White Sox
Chris Murphy	0.2 IP	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Grant Taylor – W (4)	2.0 IP	0 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	42% CSW
Brandon Eisert	1.0 IP	0 BB	3 K	2 Whiffs	35% CSW

Grant Taylor didn’t get the 9th here, but he was fantastic in the 7th and 8th, so that’s still a win (plus Seranthony worked the 6th yesterday).

Baltimore Orioles
Grant Wolfram – L (2)	0.2 IP	2 ER	1 H	1 K	3 Whiffs	21% CSW
Rico Garcia	0.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	17% CSW
Yennier Cano	0.1 IP	2 ER	4 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	25% CSW
Josh Walker	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 K	2 Whiffs	27% CSW

Yennier Cano didn’t have his best stuff here; it was actually way down, and we didn’t see any breakers from him.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Evan Sisk – HLD (5)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	50% CSW
Gregory Soto – HLD (7)	0.2 IP	2 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	30% CSW
Yohan Ramírez – HLD (0)	0.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	25% CSW
Mason Montgomery	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	26% CSW

Gregory Soto working the eighth inning and struggling is not what his managers want to see after a tumultuous past few weeks from him to begin with. The good news is that the stuff looked fine, and he was tasked with facing Harper and Marsh. There’s also no competition here right now, at least until Mason Montgomery stabilizes.

Philadelphia Phillies
Seth Johnson	1.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	4 K	6 Whiffs	46% CSW
Tim Mayza	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	26% CSW
Chase Shugart	1.0 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	38% CSW

Seth Johnson’s fastball can be so good, as it was here, but it’s still a bit too inconsistent, and how good are the breakers really?

Detroit Tigers
Drew Sommers	1.0 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	26% CSW
Drew Anderson	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	50% CSW

Drew Anderson’s fastball was up over 97 MPH here, which, if he can just live there consistently, will be good enough to work with his changeup and curveball.

New York Yankees
Yerry De los Santos	2.0 IP	2 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	24% CSW
Tim Hill	1.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW
Jake Bird	1.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	50% CSW
Ryan Yarbrough	0.2 IP	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW
Camilo Doval	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	3 K	4 Whiffs	47% CSW
Brent Headrick	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	22% CSW

Camilo Doval led with his slider here, throwing just 6 fastballs (4 cutters, 2 sinkers) with 8 sliders (and a changeup). I mean, it is a great pitch so long as hitters aren’t sitting on it in the zone, and his HR/FB rate with the pitch is currently 100%, so that has to change, right?

New York Mets
Austin Warren	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	2 BB	2 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW
Joey Gerber	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	67% CSW

Joey Gerber’s cutter/four-seam mix comes off as bland, but that cutter is really, really good. If he could find one more pitch to work off that (changeup, or even a slider/sweeper), we may have something here.

Toronto Blue Jays
Mason Fluharty – HLD (11)	0.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	100% CSW
Tyler Rogers – HLD (18)	1.0 IP	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	11% CSW
Louis Varland – SV (17)	1.0 IP	1 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	43% CSW

Louis Varland’s fastball velocity was down about 1 MPH here, and with the heavy first-half workload, you wonder if he’s about to hit a fatigue wall as we enter the second half. I’m not concerned yet, but it will be worth monitoring moving forward.

Washington Nationals
Zak Kent	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	26% CSW

Boston Red Sox
Danny Coulombe – HLD (7)	1.0 IP	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	16% CSW
Tyron Guerrero – HLD (7)	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	27% CSW
Garrett Whitlock – SV (1)	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	36% CSW

Tyron Guerrero gave up an infield hit (maybe an error on Durbin), but otherwise was electric here, averaging 101.1 MPH on his sinker and getting a whiff/strikeout with his slider. Maybe the most underrated reliever in baseball right now.

Texas Rangers
Chris Paddack	4.0 IP	2 ER	7 H	0 BB	1 K	9 Whiffs	29% CSW
Robby Ahlstrom – W (3)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	15% CSW
Jakob Junis – HLD (11)	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	38% CSW
Jacob Latz – SV (17)	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	18% CSW

Jacob Latz was back after a couple of days off and went two innings, averaging 96 MPH here, as he’s just been a machine since mid-late April. It takes a lot of top closers 20+ pitches to get through an inning of work, but Latz just needed 17 pitches to get six outs here, and this isn’t the first time he’s done this. He recently talked about how Drivelines helped him figure out his fastball and the importance of vertical break, and the changes have led to elite results.

Cleveland Guardians
Colin Holderman	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	3 Whiffs	50% CSW
Erik Sabrowski	0.2 IP	1 ER	3 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	28% CSW
Matt Festa	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	40% CSW

Erik Sabrowski’s fastball was down a MPH here, and he had no command of it, so again, the questions about him returning from the IL too soon come to mind. As long as he is healthy, he should turn things around, but this has been very uncharacteristic of him since his return from the IL.

Cincinnati Reds
Chase Petty – BS (1)	1.2 IP	3 ER	4 H	2 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	23% CSW
Sam Moll – L (6)	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	50% CSW
Tejay Antone	0.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	11% CSW

This bullpen is still struggling to find any semblance of consistency from any one member, and while they do get their closer back today, Emilio Pagán does currently hold a 6.43 ERA and 1.43 WHIP on the season.

Milwaukee Brewers
Chad Patrick	1.1 IP	1 H	2 K	2 Whiffs	43% CSW
Aaron Ashby – W (11)	1.0 IP	1 H	1 K	2 Whiffs	40% CSW
Trevor Megill – SV (11)	1.0 IP	0 H	2 K	4 Whiffs	40% CSW

Chad Patrick’s fastball was up 2.2 MPH, and that helps bring his stuff into the above-average range, but while we’ve seen this velo increase at times, we haven’t seen it consistently.

San Diego Padres
Kyle Hart	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	33% CSW
Bradgley Rodriguez	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	40% CSW
Adrian Morejon	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	36% CSW
Jason Adam – L (2)	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	29% CSW
Mason Miller	0.2 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	14% CSW

Jason Adam threw just one fastball here (it was up 1.5 MPH) in this 24-pitch outing, and despite the line, it really wasn’t all his fault, as he probably should not have started the ninth inning. Most of the stuff has deteriorated, but the slider still looks great, at least.

Chicago Cubs
Gavin Hollowell	1.1 IP	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	29% CSW
Caleb Thielbar	0.1 IP	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	21% CSW
Trent Thornton – W (3)	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	42% CSW

Caleb Thielbar only threw 14 pitches here and just 2 fastballs, but it’s still down below 92 MPH, which concerns me. They are going to need him to figure things out.

Minnesota Twins
Travis Adams	1.2 IP	2 ER	1 H	2 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	23% CSW
Yoendrys Gómez – SV (9)	0.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	14% CSW

Yoendrys Gómez came in to get the final out here, but allowed a home run to Smith before getting Loperfido to ground out. We’ll take the relatively cheap save, however, and the usage continues to point to him finishing games more often than not.

Houston Astros
Nate Pearson	1.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	17% CSW
Miguel Ullola	2.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	4 K	5 Whiffs	37% CSW

Miguel Ullola made his debut here, and yep, this is legit. He’s basically what they have gotten from Bryan Abreu over the past three seasons, and I could see him quickly working his way into a high-leverage role here, given their desperate need for right-handed relief help.

Miami Marlins
Michael Petersen – HLD (13)	1.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 K	4 Whiffs	29% CSW
Calvin Faucher	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Pete Fairbanks	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 K	4 Whiffs	32% CSW

Pete Fairbanks has had issues in Colorado before, so this is not a surprise, but it also really wasn’t as bad as it looks (the double was a ground ball up the middle).

Colorado Rockies
Victor Vodnik – L (3)	1.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	22% CSW
Antonio Senzatela	0.2 IP	4 ER	4 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	26% CSW
Zach Agnos	2.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	10% CSW

Run away.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Kyle Hurt	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	53% CSW
Jonathan Hernández	1.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	27% CSW
Jack Dreyer	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW

Not sure why Jonathan Hernández is still here, but the Dodgers should be getting Evan Phillips and Edwin Díaz back within the next month, which doesn’t even seem fair.

Athletics
Matt Krook	0.1 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	28% CSW
Justin Sterner	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	53% CSW
Kade Morris	3.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	1 BB	2 K	7 Whiffs	22% CSW

Justin Sterner’s velocity was up a MPH here, but the command was still wonky, and overall, the stuff just doesn’t get you excited like it does with an Alvarado.

Los Angeles Angels
Mitch Farris	3.0 IP	3 ER	2 H	2 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	30% CSW

Seattle Mariners
José A. Ferrer	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	37% CSW

José A. Ferrer went sinker on 18/19 pitches here, which goes to show how great his sinker is.

San Francisco Giants
Sam Hentges	0.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW
JT Brubaker	3.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW

Arizona Diamondbacks
Kevin Ginkel	0.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Brandyn Garcia – HLD (8)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	67% CSW
Paul Sewald – SV (19)	1.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	26% CSW

The home run to Ramos here was actually a great pitch (an 0-1 sweeper down and way, out of the zone), but here we have another shaky Paul Sewald outing, so I understand having some concerns. I’m not overly worried yet; the stuff is still as good as it has been, and this feels more fluky than anything.

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