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Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Roundup: 7/12

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

Rick Graham

RP Roundup 7 Hours Ago

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

MIL 5 – PIT 14

Milwaukee Brewers
Jared Koenig	0.0 IP	5 ER	2 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	10% CSW
Grant Anderson	1.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	23% CSW
Craig Yoho	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW
Bryse Wilson	3.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	4 K	9 Whiffs	37% CSW

Grant Anderson has been throwing harder lately, but it’s not exactly leading to more success. He has legit competition now in Craig Yoho for that right-handed setup role in front of Uribe and Megill.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Isaac Mattson	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW
Antwone Kelly	2.0 IP	3 ER	4 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	14% CSW
Brandon Eisert	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	10% CSW

Antwone Kelly is back up with the Pirates, and the stuff still looks the part; he just had some bad locations here (slider down and in to Turang, four-seamer down to Mitchell). I’d love to see guys like Kelly and Bidois get an extended look over the final two months for them.

KCR 2 – BAL 8

Kansas City Royals
Steven Cruz	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	17% CSW
Matt Strahm – L (3)	0.1 IP	5 ER	4 H	1 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	33% CSW
John Schreiber	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	45% CSW
Lucas Erceg	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	28% CSW
Beck Way	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW

Lucas Erceg is still struggling to figure things out, but his fastball was up a bit here to 97.5 MPH, and the changeup Basalo hit out wasn’t even a bad pitch (changeup down and away off the plate). Who leads this team in saves after the break remains up in the air, but I don’t think I’d bet on Erceg being that guy.

Baltimore Orioles
Anthony Nunez	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	43% CSW
Grant Wolfram – W (2)	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	15% CSW
Yennier Cano	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW
Rico Garcia	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	9% CSW
Andrew Kittredge	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	50% CSW

It’s good to see Anthony Nunez back in this bullpen, and with some sequencing/command tweaks could get back on track to earn high-leverage work again. The stuff’s just too good.

NYY 5 – WSN 3

New York Yankees
Tim Hill – BS (3)	0.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	45% CSW
Angel Chivilli	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	35% CSW
Ryan Yarbrough – W (2)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	38% CSW
Paul Blackburn – SV (1)	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW

Paul Blackburn got the save here over two innings and utilized his seven-pitch mix well, but I’m just not excited by it. Most of those pitches are fringe-average at best.

Washington Nationals
Andrew Alvarez – L (3)	2.0 IP	3 ER	4 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	30% CSW
Justin Lawrence	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	12% CSW

Justin Lawrence leaned on his sweeper here, as he should, but the sinker did look better, so maybe there’s hope for a resurgence from him in the second half.

CHC 8 – CIN 4

Chicago Cubs
Gavin Hollowell	1.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	3 K	4 Whiffs	52% CSW
Caleb Thielbar	0.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW
Jacob Webb – SV (5)	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW

Gavin Hollowell has a pretty good pitch mix to work with (changeup seems promising too); he just needs to throw strikes more consistently, as he did here. A name to monitor in this bullpen.

Cincinnati Reds
Chase Petty – L (2)	2.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	1 Whiffs	32% CSW
Sam Moll	0.1 IP	2 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	20% CSW
Pierce Johnson	0.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	12% CSW
Rhett Lowder	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	30% CSW

Blegh.

BOS 3 – NYM 2

Boston Red Sox
Brayan Bello	4.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	5 K	8 Whiffs	40% CSW
Aroldis Chapman – W (1)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Garrett Whitlock – SV (2)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	15% CSW

The Red Sox head into the All-Star break just a half-game out of a playoff spot, so they may be hanging on to Aroldis Chapman and Garrett Whitlock after all. They get four games against the Rays, three against the Orioles, and three against the Jays, all at home, after the break, so how those series go will determine their deadline plans.

New York Mets
Luke Weaver – HLD (12)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	23% CSW
Devin Williams – BS (3)	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	23% CSW
Brooks Raley – L (4)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	29% CSW

Devin Williams outing should have been five pitches with a save, but Lindor made a brutal error on a routine double play ball here to extend the inning. Williams then walked two and gave up a “single” to Duran (a bloop flyball that should have been caught by someone). Williams hasn’t been great, but I’m not sure any other closer has been hurt more by his defense than Williams this year.

SEA 8 – TBR 2

Seattle Mariners
José A. Ferrer – W (2)	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	1 Whiffs	29% CSW
Nick Davila	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Gabe Speier	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	28% CSW
Michael Rucker	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	24% CSW
Eduard Bazardo	1.0 IP	2 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	11% CSW
Andrés Muñoz	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	35% CSW

Andrés Muñoz goes into the All-Star break on a high note, as his four-seamer was dominant here (up to 101 MPH), and he threw it on 12/20 pitches as we are getting closer to that 50/50 pitch mix split with his fastball and slider. I think I’d feel comfortable buying low on him right now if you need saves.

Tampa Bay Rays
Cole Sulser	0.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	40% CSW
Chris Roycroft	3.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	39% CSW
Craig Kimbrel	1.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	24% CSW
Kevin Kelly	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW

Chris Roycroft actually does possess a great sinker, but there’s not much else there (maybe the cutter?).

PHI 5 – DET 0

Philadelphia Phillies
José Alvarado	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	31% CSW
Orion Kerkering	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	27% CSW
Jonathan Bowlan	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW

José Alvarado put together his best outing in a while here, yet his sinker was down 2 MPH. And it’s not like the command was perfect either, so this is a concern.

Detroit Tigers
Keider Montero	3.0 IP	3 ER	4 H	1 BB	5 K	11 Whiffs	40% CSW
Drew Sommers	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	29% CSW
Beau Brieske	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	17% CSW

Meh.

CLE 5 – MIA 2

Cleveland Guardians
Franco Aleman – HLD (3)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW
Hunter Gaddis – HLD (18)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	33% CSW
Shawn Armstrong – HLD (7)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	17% CSW
Cade Smith	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	31% CSW

Hunter Gaddis has been better as of late, and he even got a strikeout against a lefty here (he hit the other lefty he faced). That changeup is going to be key for him to continue his second-half success.

Miami Marlins
Calvin Faucher	2.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW
Tyler Zuber	0.2 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	22% CSW
Michael Petersen	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	5 Whiffs	31% CSW
Cade Gibson	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	27% CSW
Lake Bachar	1.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	3 K	4 Whiffs	50% CSW
Pete Fairbanks	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW

Pete Fairbanks tried sneaking a fastball in to DeLauter here 2-1, and he jumped all over it. Fairbanks has now allowed seven home runs on the year, a career high for him.

LAA 2 – MIN 4

Los Angeles Angels
Chase Silseth	1.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	4 K	7 Whiffs	30% CSW
Ryan Zeferjahn	1.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	37% CSW

Chase Silseth has been up and down all season, and the line was great here, but the fastball was down 1.4 MPH, so that’s something to keep an eye on (although Silseth shouldn’t really be on your radar anyway).

Minnesota Twins
Andrew Morris – SV (3)	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	27% CSW

Andrew Morris, on the other hand, was up 2.2 MPH as his fastball averaged 99 MPH here, and he picked up the save after throwing the final two innings. Just not sure I believe in the secondaries yet, but the fastball can work.

ATH 1 – CHW 9

Athletics
José Suarez	1.2 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Mark Leiter Jr. Jr.	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	43% CSW
Justin Sterner	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW

Justin Sterner keeps regressing every time it looks like he’s actually ready to break out.

Chicago White Sox
Jordan Hicks	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	6 Whiffs	53% CSW
Seranthony Domínguez	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	29% CSW
Tyler Schweitzer	2.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	26% CSW

It’s probably about time we started thinking about taking Jordan Hicks seriously again. His sinker was sitting at 100+ MPH here, and the sweeper has been excellent for him in this resurgence.

ATL 4 – STL 3

Atlanta Braves
JR Ritchie	4.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	2 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	34% CSW
Dylan Dodd – HLD (4)	0.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	18% CSW
Didier Fuentes – BS (2)	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	42% CSW
Dylan Lee	1.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	35% CSW
Tyler Kinley – W (5)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	60% CSW
Raisel Iglesias – SV (19)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	50% CSW

Raisel Iglesias leaned on his changeup here, throwing just 3 fastballs (velo was down to 93.4 MPH, too), but he was able to make it work regardless.

St. Louis Cardinals
Justin Bruihl	1.2 IP	1 ER	3 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW
Gordon Graceffo	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	14% CSW
Ryne Stanek	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	26% CSW
JoJo Romero – L (3)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	16% CSW

JoJo Romero’s inning started with an out, followed by a double to Albies and another out before things unraveled. He then hit Harris, Dubon reached on an error by Winn, and Romero walked White to load the bases before getting Riley to fly out. Not all Romero’s fault (similar to Devin Williams), but his stuff isn’t good enough to overcome a lack of command.

HOU 5 – TEX 6

Houston Astros
Enyel De Los Santos	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	8% CSW
Bryan Abreu	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	38% CSW
Steven Okert	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	31% CSW
Bryan King	2.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	16% CSW
Josh Hader – L (1)	0.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	11% CSW

Josh Hader got Singled Out here, and we can just chalk it up to one of those days, as the stuff looked great and command was fine.

Texas Rangers
Tyler Alexander	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	30% CSW
Cole Winn – HLD (8)	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	36% CSW
Robby Ahlstrom – HLD (3)	0.1 IP	2 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW
Peyton Gray – BS (1)	0.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW
Ben Peoples	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	42% CSW
Jacob Latz – W (2)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW

Ben Peoples fastball was sitting 97.5 here, and his 90 MPH slider looked sharp as well (HR to Smith was fluky), so there could be something here, as this bullpen is shallow enough to give him an opportunity.

COL 1 – SFG 3

Colorado Rockies
Brennan Bernardino	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	36% CSW
Jimmy Herget	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	24% CSW
Antonio Senzatela – L (2)	1.0 IP	2 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	22% CSW

Nope.

San Francisco Giants
Keaton Winn	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	15% CSW
Erik Miller – W (2)	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	33% CSW

Erik Miller continues this stretch of positive outings and could work his way into a closer committee again with Kilian struggling, and honestly, Keaton Winn does not look great right now. Miller’s command will also make or break him.

ARI 5 – LAD 3

Arizona Diamondbacks
Taylor Clarke	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	25% CSW
Ryan Thompson – W (4)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	45% CSW
Kevin Ginkel – HLD (8)	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Jonathan Loáisiga – HLD (7)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	35% CSW
Juan Morillo – HLD (10)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW
Paul Sewald – SV (22)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW

Paul Sewald’s fastball was up over a MPH again here and will take whatever boost we can get for that pitch. The stuffs still in a good place overall for him.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Edgardo Henriquez – L (1)	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	20% CSW
Brock Stewart	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	25% CSW
Tanner Scott	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW
Evan Phillips	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	26% CSW

Edgardo Henriquez tried throwing a cutter down and in to Vargas here (not sure I like the pitch choice), which led to an RBI single, but other than that, he looked good (sinker sat 102 MPH), and I would not get discouraged about the stat line.

TOR 4 – SDP 5

Toronto Blue Jays
Tyler Rogers	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Jeff Hoffman – L (6)	1.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW

Jeff Hoffman’s fastball was down a MPH here, but even still, he was Singled Out as only one of the three singles was actually hit hard here. I guess he was due for a poor outing after dominating since the start of June.

San Diego Padres
Ron Marinaccio	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	50% CSW
Kyle Hart	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	19% CSW
Adrian Morejon – W (7)	2.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	17% CSW
Mason Miller – SV (25)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	50% CSW

Adrian Morejon gave up a groundball single and eventually a bloop single that led to the run here, but looked great otherwise.

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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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