Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Roundup: 8/29

Boston Red Sox
Tyron Guerrero – HLD (18)	1.0 IP	1 H	0 K	1 Whiffs	11% CSW
Garrett Whitlock – HLD (22)	1.0 IP	0 H	1 K	3 Whiffs	31% CSW
Jovani Morán	1.0 IP	0 H	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW

Tyron Guerrero — Sinker up 1.4 MPH (101.6 vs. 100.2 season avg)
Garrett Whitlock — Sinker up 1.0 MPH (96.0 vs. 95.0 season avg); Slider usage 0% (-27 pts vs. 27% usual). Whitlock basically stuck to his sinker in his first game back (and three changeups, non-competitive), and the fastball looked good for him.
Jovani Morán — Four-Seamer up 1.0 MPH (93.7 vs. 92.7 season avg)

New York Yankees
Yerry De los Santos	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	20% CSW
Justin Topa	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	29% CSW
Ryan Yarbrough	3.0 IP	4 ER	4 H	2 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	28% CSW

Justin Topa — Sweeper usage 43% (+26 pts vs. 17% usual). This usage could honestly be even higher. Anything to avoid his fastballs.

Boston Red Sox
Alec Gamboa	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	22% CSW
Raymond Burgos	2.1 IP	5 ER	7 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	26% CSW

Alec Gamboa — Sinker down 1.0 MPH (93.9 vs. 94.9 season avg); Sinker usage 56% (+43 pts vs. 12% usual); Four-Seamer usage 11% (-40 pts vs. 51% usual). Don’t love this, the stuff has diminished a bit here from Gamboa.

New York Yankees
Yerry De los Santos	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	22% CSW
Michael Fulmer – HLD (2)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	23% CSW
Paul Blackburn – W (7)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	46% CSW
Tim Hill – HLD (10)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	40% CSW
Brent Headrick – HLD (23)	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	36% CSW
Brendan Beck	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	30% CSW

Brendan Beck — Four-Seamer up 2.2 MPH (94.7 vs. 92.5 season avg). Still pretty meh.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Seth Halvorsen	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	18% CSW
Alex Vesia	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	18% CSW
Edgardo Henriquez	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	26% CSW
Jack Dreyer – L (2)	0.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	19% CSW

Edgardo Henriquez — Four-Seamer up 1.6 MPH (102.2 vs. 100.6 season avg). He’s been unhittable lately (just two hits and one walk over his past 9.1 IP).

Detroit Tigers
Tyler Holton	0.2 IP	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	12% CSW
Andrew Sears	2.2 IP	2 H	0 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	26% CSW
Kenley Jansen – W (4)	0.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	25% CSW

Andrew Sears has a good slider and changeup, and his fastballs aren’t terrible, so there could be something here. Just not sure what the role is for him.

Chicago White Sox
Sean Newcomb – HLD (11)	3.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	3 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW
Bryan Hudson – SV (7)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW

Back-to-back saves for Bryan Hudson now, after Taylor had been getting the ninth inning rather consistently.

Minnesota Twins
Andrew Morris – L (7)	2.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	41% CSW
A.J. Minter	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	20% CSW
Yoendrys Gómez	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	24% CSW

The stuff still looks strong from Yoendrys Gómez, but the command has been an issue. If he doesn’t pitch today, he’ll finish August with a 6.48 ERA (5.25 xFIP), 2.04 WHIP, and 5% K-BB rate.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Evan Sisk	0.1 IP	0 H	2 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	17% CSW
Gregory Soto – HLD (10)	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	22% CSW
Luke Weaver – HLD (16)	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Mason Montgomery	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	50% CSW

Gregory Soto — Four-Seamer usage 61% (+44 pts vs. 17% usual); Sinker usage 11% (-26 pts vs. 37% usual). I prefer the sinker, but they aren’t too far off from each other.
Luke Weaver — Four-Seamer up 0.9 MPH (96.3 vs. 95.4 season avg). As long as he’s over 95.5 MPH, we’re golden.
Mason Montgomery — Sinker usage 71% (+58 pts vs. 13% usual); Four-Seamer usage 21% (-32 pts vs. 54% usual). The Pirates had to add a run in the top of the ninth to ruin the save for Monty.

St. Louis Cardinals
Brycen Mautz – L (1)	3.0 IP	4 ER	5 H	1 BB	8 K	11 Whiffs	34% CSW
Cade Winquest	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Ryan Fernandez	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	12% CSW

I see why the Yankees took a shot on Cade Winquest in the Rule 5 draft, as he showed three good fastballs and a good curveball here. Intrigued to see more from him.

Cincinnati Reds
Julian Garcia	2.0 IP	3 ER	5 H	0 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	32% CSW
Sam Moll	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	55% CSW
Tony Santillan	0.2 IP	4 ER	2 H	3 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	16% CSW
Pierce Johnson	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Jose Trevino	1.0 IP	3 ER	4 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	14% CSW

Julian Garcia — Four-Seamer up 0.9 MPH (93.1 vs. 92.2 season avg). Stuff still got hammered, though.
Maybe Tony Santillan should have stayed on the IL, as he’s now allowed 8 ER on 5 hits and 7 walks over 2.2 innings since returning. The stuff is down, and obviously the command is non-existent.

Chicago Cubs
Ryan Zeferjahn	1.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	42% CSW
Ryan Rolison	0.2 IP	1 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	10% CSW
Colin Rea	2.0 IP	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	27% CSW

Ryan Zeferjahn — Four-Seamer up 2.1 MPH (99.5 vs. 97.4 season avg); Sweeper usage 68% (+31 pts vs. 37% usual). Heyyo, the Zeferjahn rollercoaster may be climbing back to the top as this is the best he’s looked since being traded.

Seattle Mariners
Eduard Bazardo	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	23% CSW
José A. Ferrer – L (3)	0.2 IP	2 ER	2 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	19% CSW
Carlos Vargas	2.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW

Eduard Bazardo — Sinker up 1.6 MPH (97.2 vs. 95.6 season avg)
Carlos Vargas — Sinker down 0.8 MPH (95.6 vs. 96.4 season avg). The stuffs just not what it once was. Despite the strong outing, I don’t see him becoming a reliable contributor anytime soon.

Toronto Blue Jays
Tyler Rogers – HLD (29)	0.2 IP	0 H	1 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	44% CSW
Mason Fluharty – HLD (15)	0.1 IP	1 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	17% CSW
Louis Varland – SV (31)	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	42% CSW

Louis Varland — Four-Seamer up 1.4 MPH (100.1 vs. 98.7 season avg). Not that he needs it, but if he wants to throw 100 MPH, we’ll take it.

Arizona Diamondbacks
Taylor Clarke	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	20% CSW
Brandyn Garcia	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW

Brandyn Garcia — Sinker down 1.2 MPH (96.0 vs. 97.2 season avg). Garcia was warming up in the 8th when the game was still close, and pitched the ninth since he was already warm, but he probably took the pedal off the gas a bit given the 6-run lead. I’m not worried about the velocity being down, as long as it doesn’t persist.

San Francisco Giants
Ryan Walker	1.0 IP	2 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW
Seth Lonsway	2.0 IP	2 ER	5 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	30% CSW

Seth Lonsway made his MLB debut here, and there’s not much to get excited about, unfortunately.

Arizona Diamondbacks
Gerardo Carrillo	0.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	2 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW
Derek Law	1.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	28% CSW
Kevin Ginkel	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	38% CSW
Justin Martinez	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	20% CSW
Dennis Santana	0.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	11% CSW

Kevin Ginkel — Four-Seamer usage 92% (+48 pts vs. 44% usual); Slider usage 8% (-43 pts vs. 51% usual)
The command was better for Justin Martinez here, and the fastball looks awesome…now if we can just get those secondaries back to where they were in 2024.

Dennis Santana — Four-Seamer down 1.7 MPH (92.4 vs. 94.1 season avg)

San Francisco Giants
Reiver Sanmartin – W (2)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	60% CSW
Trent Harris – HLD (3)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	36% CSW
Jason Foley – HLD (1)	0.2 IP	1 ER	3 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	29% CSW
Carson Seymour – HLD (5)	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	32% CSW
Dylan Smith	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	43% CSW

Carson Seymour — Four-Seamer up 1.0 MPH (98.0 vs. 97.0 season avg). Command is still shaky, and there’s a lot going on here, but he’s still one of the more interesting options in this bullpen.
Dylan Smith — Four-Seamer up 0.9 MPH (96.6 vs. 95.7 season avg). Much better from Mr. Smith here, and also needed after Wednesday’s debacle. This was a legitimate closer performance.

Miami Marlins
Jack Ralston	1.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	20% CSW
Josh Ekness	1.2 IP	0 H	0 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	42% CSW
Michael Petersen – L (4)	0.2 IP	1 H	2 BB	1 K	6 Whiffs	32% CSW

Josh Ekness — Four-Seamer up 1.1 MPH (98.7 vs. 97.6 season avg). Could the command be better? Absolutely, but he may legitimately have the best stuff in this bullpen, which is saying something.
Michael Petersen — Four-Seamer up 1.3 MPH (99.2 vs. 97.9 season avg). He got two quick outs here before back-to-back 3-2 walks led to a walk-off Crews single.

Washington Nationals
Erik Tolman	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	44% CSW
Tom Cosgrove	0.2 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	30% CSW
Brad Lord – BS (2)	2.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	4 K	3 Whiffs	22% CSW
Orlando Ribalta – W (1)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	39% CSW

Erik Tolman looked great here, and man, is he a huge upgrade over the lefties this bullpen has rolled out all season. He should be seeing setup usage sooner rather than later.
Orlando Ribalta — Changeup usage 50% (+35 pts vs. 15% usual); Slider usage 11% (-29 pts vs. 40% usual). Ribalta only threw two pitches against righties here, so the usage makes sense, but I think that changeup might be a legitimate offspeed offering for him.

Kansas City Royals
Anthony Gose – W (1)	1.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Craig Kimbrel	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW
John Schreiber	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	18% CSW
Nate Pearson	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 K	0 Whiffs	23% CSW
Alex Lange	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 K	1 Whiffs	27% CSW

Anthony Gose — Four-Seamer up 1.3 MPH (97.1 vs. 95.8 season avg). It’s amazing how good his fastball is at 36 years old. I guess he got a late start to pitching, but still, if the command holds up, Gose can definitely be a useful MLB reliever.
Craig Kimbrel — Four-Seamer up 1.2 MPH (94.8 vs. 93.6 season avg). Crazy how the stuff still looks pretty good.
Nate Pearson — Four-Seamer up 1.2 MPH (98.9 vs. 97.7 season avg); Four-Seamer usage 77% (+35 pts vs. 42% usual); Slider usage 0% (-30 pts vs. 30% usual)
Alex Lange — Sinker up 1.0 MPH (96.7 vs. 95.7 season avg). Doesn’t matter much.

Cleveland Guardians
Colin Holderman – L (4)	0.1 IP	3 ER	4 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	13% CSW
Erik Sabrowski	0.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Matt Festa	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	12% CSW
Logan Allen	2.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	38% CSW

Colin Holderman — Sinker down 1.0 MPH (95.8 vs. 96.8 season avg). The wheels may be falling off on what was a great comeback season for Holderman up until August.
Erik Sabrowski — Four-Seamer down 0.9 MPH (93.2 vs. 94.1 season avg). Only six total pitches here, and the command was not great…but it was six pitches, so not going to panic.

Houston Astros
Bennett Sousa	0.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	27% CSW
Enyel De Los Santos	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	15% CSW
Kai-Wei Teng	1.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	26% CSW

Bennett Sousa — Four-Seamer up 1.4 MPH (95.4 vs. 94.0 season avg). Despite the results, it’s good to see his fastball look more like it did last year.

New York Mets
Daniel Duarte – HLD (5)	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Kodai Senga	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	18% CSW

Daniel Duarte — Sinker up 1.0 MPH (94.3 vs. 93.3 season avg). The sinkers are not a big part of his game, but it’s still nice to see the velocity up.
Kodai Senga — Four-Seamer usage 91% (+50 pts vs. 41% usual). Didn’t really need the fork or slider here up four runs.

San Diego Padres
Kyle Hart	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW
Bradgley Rodriguez – L (3)	0.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW
Adrian Morejon	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	38% CSW
Yuki Matsui	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	32% CSW

Luckily, only one of the four runs Bradgley Rodriguez allowed here was earned, but this was still an ugly outing as he gave up a walk followed by three singles (Yandy’s was lined off the CF wall). Hopefully, this was just an off day for him.
Kyle Hart — Sinker down 0.9 MPH (92.9 vs. 93.8 season avg)

Tampa Bay Rays
Garrett Cleavinger	0.1 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	17% CSW
Kevin Kelly – W (6)	1.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	2 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	32% CSW
Bryan Baker – SV (39)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	31% CSW

The stuff is not what it was in the first half, but Bryan Baker keeps finding ways to get it done. He should be the first closer to 40 saves this season.

Colorado Rockies
Nick Frasso	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	26% CSW
Brennan Bernardino	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW
Jimmy Herget – HLD (9)	1.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	35% CSW
Jaden Hill – L (3)	1.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	2 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	16% CSW
Jordan Romano	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW

Nick Frasso — Four-Seamer down 1.2 MPH (94.7 vs. 95.9 season avg). That’s not it.
Jaden Hill — Four-Seamer down 0.9 MPH (96.1 vs. 97.0 season avg). It’s concerning how bad his stuff looked outside of Coors here.

Atlanta Braves
Brent Suter – W (2)	2.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	6 Whiffs	31% CSW
Didier Fuentes – SV (3)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	29% CSW

Didier Fuentes made things interesting, starting with a walk, strikeout, single, and strikeout before getting McCarthy to fly out to end the game. Iglesias had pitched Friday night (16 pitches), but his previous outing before that was Tuesday, so I wonder why he was off here (he’s pitched on back-to-back days four times just since the All-Star break).

Texas Rangers
Peyton Gray	1.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	19% CSW
Jakob Junis	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	3 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW

Milwaukee Brewers
Chad Patrick – HLD (10)	2.1 IP	2 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	14% CSW
Antonio Senzatela – HLD (9)	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	33% CSW
Trevor Megill – SV (25)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	14% CSW

Chad Patrick — Sinker up 1.5 MPH (96.9 vs. 95.4 season avg). Doesn’t change much, unfortunately.
Antonio Senzatela — Sinker down 1.0 MPH (95.6 vs. 96.6 season avg). What happened here?

Baltimore Orioles
Alex Hoppe – HLD (4)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW
Rico Garcia – HLD (16)	0.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW
Yennier Cano – HLD (12)	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	45% CSW
Cam Sanders – HLD (1)	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	2 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Andrew Kittredge – SV (8)	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	18% CSW

Cam Sanders — Four-Seamer usage 67% (+26 pts vs. 41% usual). I thought we’d moved on from Sanders getting high-leverage work? I guess this is a result of Garcia giving up a pair of hits (one should have been an error, the ball literally hit Holiday in the shin) and Cano needing to come in early.
Andrew Kittredge — Sinker down 1.0 MPH (93.9 vs. 94.9 season avg). Not sure Kittredge as the closer is going to end well.

Athletics
José Suarez	1.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	33% CSW
Luis Medina	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	60% CSW
Chris Roycroft	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW
Elvis Alvarado	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	30% CSW

Chris Roycroft — Four-Seamer up 1.3 MPH (95.8 vs. 94.5 season avg); Four-Seamer usage 53% (+32 pts vs. 21% usual). Brings his stuff closer to average.
Elvis Alvarado — Four-Seamer down 1.1 MPH (97.7 vs. 98.8 season avg). Not ideal, especially with the command also being way down.

Philadelphia Phillies
Jonathan Bowlan – BS (4)	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	25% CSW
Jhoan Duran – W (2)	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	17% CSW

Jonathan Bowlan hung a 3-2 sweeper to Neto here for a home run, capping off an 11-pitch at-bat, and it was the only mistake Bowlan made in this one (but obviously costly).
Jhoan Duran — Four-Seamer up 0.8 MPH (101.2 vs. 100.4 season avg). No K’s over two innings for Duran with him throwing over 101 MPH? Props to the Angels, I guess.

Los Angeles Angels
Tayler Saucedo	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	23% CSW
Luke Murphy	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	28% CSW
Trevor Martin – L (1)	3.0 IP	2 ER	4 H	2 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	24% CSW

Luke Murphy’s fastball is still a concern for me, but the slider can be really good (he threw just one here).

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