Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Roundup: 9/12

Colorado Rockies
Juan Mejia	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	3 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	29% CSW
Brennan Bernardino – HLD (13)	2.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	0 Whiffs	33% CSW
Jaden Hill – L (4)	0.0 IP	5 ER	4 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	8% CSW
Jordan Romano – BS (5)	1.0 IP	2 ER	1 H	2 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	19% CSW

Juan Mejia — Four-Seamer down 2.2 MPH (94.7 vs. 96.9 season avg)
Brennan Bernardino — Sinker up 1.4 MPH (91.7 vs. 90.3 season avg)
The 8th inning did not go so well for Hill and Romano, and this took place in Detroit, not even Colorado.

Detroit Tigers
Tyler Kinley	1.0 IP	2 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW
Drew Sommers	1.0 IP	0 ER	3 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	17% CSW
Beau Brieske – W (1)	1.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	29% CSW
Kenley Jansen	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	21% CSW

Beau Brieske — Four-Seamer usage 21% (-27 pts vs. 48% usual)
Kenley Jansen looked fine here and should be able to finish the year strong. What his plans are for 2027, that’s the question.

New York Mets
Tobias Myers	2.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	28% CSW

New York Yankees
Ryan Yarbrough	2.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	30% CSW
Tim Hill	1.0 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	41% CSW
Bradley Hanner	1.1 IP	4 ER	3 H	1 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW

Bradley Hanner’s fastball is unfortunately not the answer to the Yankees’ bullpen questions.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Gregory Soto – L (5)	1.0 IP	2 ER	1 H	2 BB	2 K	1 Whiffs	26% CSW

Gregory Soto — Sinker up 1.2 MPH (97.7 vs. 96.5 season avg). This was maybe uglier than the stat line suggests. Soto gave up a leadoff double, but bounced back to get two outs, and that’s when things unraveled. He then hit a batter, gave up two walks, and hit another batter before striking out Conforto to end the inning.

Chicago Cubs
Jacob Webb	1.1 IP	0 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	28% CSW
Ryan Rolison – W (9)	1.2 IP	1 H	0 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	14% CSW
Ryan Zeferjahn – SV (6)	0.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW

Ryan Zeferjahn — Sinker up 1.4 MPH (97.7 vs. 96.3 season avg). Zeferjahn got a nice cheap save here, striking out Reynolds by throwing 5/6 sweepers.

Baltimore Orioles
Grant Wolfram	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	40% CSW
Anthony Nunez	1.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	4 K	8 Whiffs	38% CSW
Cam Sanders	0.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	30% CSW
Luis De León	1.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	1 Whiffs	35% CSW

Cam Sanders — Four-Seamer down 0.9 MPH (95.0 vs. 95.9 season avg). The four-seamer has potential, but the command is still way too inconsistent.
Luis De León — Sinker down 0.9 MPH (95.2 vs. 96.1 season avg). No sinker command here.

Toronto Blue Jays
Spencer Miles	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	2 BB	5 K	7 Whiffs	41% CSW
Joe Mantiply	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Spencer Arrighetti – W (8)	2.2 IP	0 ER	2 H	2 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	28% CSW
Mason Fluharty	0.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	42% CSW
Paul Sewald	0.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	27% CSW
Tyler Rogers	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	56% CSW
Louis Varland	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	43% CSW

Joe Mantiply — Sinker down 2.5 MPH (86.1 vs. 88.6 season avg)
Paul Sewald — Sweeper usage 73% (+31 pts vs. 41% usual); Four-Seamer usage 27% (-30 pts vs. 57% usual)
Louis Varland — Four-Seamer up 1.2 MPH (100.0 vs. 98.8 season avg)

Los Angeles Angels
Blake Weiman	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW
Ben Joyce – BS (2)	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	17% CSW
José Fermin – L (3)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW

Ben Joyce — Four-Seamer down 1.3 MPH (99.8 vs. 101.1 season avg). Not his best, but he got the fastball up to 102 MPH a couple of times.

Washington Nationals
Brad Lord	1.0 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	24% CSW
Will Dion – BS (2)	0.2 IP	2 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	11% CSW
Jack Sinclair – W (1)	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	14% CSW

Will Dion — Four-Seamer down 0.9 MPH (90.3 vs. 91.2 season avg). Ugh, why is his velocity dropping in a save chance? Also…WHAT IS THIS MAN’S ROLE? I thought he showed promise as a starter, but apparently not?

San Diego Padres
Bradgley Rodriguez	0.0 IP	3 ER	3 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Adrian Morejon – HLD (25)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 K	4 Whiffs	36% CSW
Mason Miller – SV (36)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 K	4 Whiffs	41% CSW

Bradgley Rodriguez — Four-Seamer down 1.8 MPH (96.4 vs. 98.2 season avg). Yeah, that fastball was at 96 MPH and left middle-in to Cavanaugh for the first home run. He then left a 1-2 changeup middle-in to Gilbert for a two-run shot. I’m hoping that huge velocity dip was a result of pitching on back-to-back days and nothing more ominous.
Mason Miller — Four-Seamer usage 76% (+30 pts vs. 47% usual); Slider usage 24% (-28 pts vs. 51% usual)

San Francisco Giants
Joel Kuhnel	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	14% CSW
Reiver Sanmartin	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Jason Foley	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW
Dylan Smith	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	6% CSW
Carson Seymour	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	27% CSW

Whole lotta meh.

Kansas City Royals
Anthony Gose	0.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	44% CSW
Alex Lange	1.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	12% CSW
Easton McGee	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	24% CSW

Blegh.

Boston Red Sox
Garrett Whitlock – HLD (25)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	73% CSW
Aroldis Chapman	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	25% CSW

Garrett Whitlock needed just 11 pitches here (missing the immaculate inning by just one ball and one foul ball).

Cleveland Guardians
Daniel Espino	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	31% CSW
Franco Aleman – L (1)	0.2 IP	4 ER	5 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	21% CSW
Craig Yoho	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	35% CSW

Franco Aleman — Four-Seamer down 0.8 MPH (95.3 vs. 96.1 season avg). Ooof.
Craig Yoho — Four-Seamer up 1.0 MPH (95.2 vs. 94.2 season avg); Changeup usage 75% (+27 pts vs. 48% usual). Yep, that checks out.

Minnesota Twins
Andrew Morris – HLD (22)	1.0 IP	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW
Kody Funderburk – HLD (12)	0.2 IP	1 BB	3 K	4 Whiffs	32% CSW
Jeff Hoffman – HLD (19)	1.0 IP	1 BB	3 K	2 Whiffs	50% CSW
A.J. Minter – SV (1)	1.0 IP	0 BB	2 K	1 Whiffs	38% CSW

This may confirm that the Twins are leaning towards A.J. Minter over Jeff Hoffman to take over the closer role here if Gómez continues to struggle. Although Hoffman was brought in to face the 2-3-4 hitters (and eventually 5), while Minter got 6-7-8 in the lineup, including two lefties.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Jack Dreyer	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW
Justin Wrobleski	2.0 IP	2 H	1 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	28% CSW
Seth Halvorsen	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	11% CSW

Jack Dreyer — Four-Seamer down 0.8 MPH (93.3 vs. 94.1 season avg)
Justin Wrobleski — Four-Seamer up 1.5 MPH (96.1 vs. 94.6 season avg). Wrobleski looks great as a reliever, so it will be interesting to see what his role winds up being down the stretch and in the postseason with all the lefties in that bullpen.

Miami Marlins
Cade Gibson – W (4)	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	47% CSW
Tyler Zuber – HLD (9)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	27% CSW
Calvin Faucher – HLD (16)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	27% CSW
Michael Petersen – HLD (24)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	31% CSW
Pete Fairbanks – SV (19)	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	27% CSW

Michael Petersen — Four-Seamer up 1.3 MPH (99.2 vs. 97.9 season avg)
Pete Fairbanks — Four-Seamer down 2.9 MPH (94.4 vs. 97.3 season avg). Well, this is not right. The Marlins are not making the postseason, so there’s no need to keep pushing Fairbanks when he’s clearly not right…but Fairbanks will be a free agent and may be hoping to push through this and prove he’s fine as he enters the market.

Houston Astros
Bennett Sousa	0.2 IP	0 H	1 BB	1 Whiffs	15% CSW
AJ Blubaugh	1.0 IP	1 H	2 BB	1 Whiffs	21% CSW
Bryan King	0.1 IP	0 H	1 BB	0 Whiffs	0% CSW

Bennett Sousa — Four-Seamer up 1.5 MPH (95.5 vs. 94.0 season avg). No command, but at least the velocity looks better, I guess.

Tampa Bay Rays
Tyler Wells – W (5)	1.0 IP	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	27% CSW
Ty Johnson – HLD (1)	0.2 IP	0 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	24% CSW
Bryan Baker – SV (40)	1.1 IP	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW

Bryan Baker — Four-Seamer down 2.2 MPH (94.3 vs. 96.5 season avg). I mean, this shouldn’t be a surprise anymore. He once again was lucky to survive this one, as the final two outs were on pitches that should have done damage. The first was a 93 MPH 2-1 fastball to Smith that couldn’t be more middle-middle if you tried. The last out came off a 94 MPH 3-1 middle-in fastball that Trammell drove 388 feet to the wall in right (.610 xBA and a home run in 18/30 parks). He’s clearly not healthy, but there’s no indication the Rays are considering an IL stint at this time.

Cincinnati Reds
Graham Ashcraft	0.1 IP	5 ER	6 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	21% CSW
Pierce Johnson	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW
Tony Santillan	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	29% CSW
Tejay Antone	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	14% CSW
Emilio Pagán	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	29% CSW

Graham Ashcraft — Cutter usage 76% (+25 pts vs. 51% usual); Slider usage 24% (-25 pts vs. 49% usual). Cutter velocity was down nearly 2 MPH too. He probably should have been shut down for the season (maybe surgery was the way to go), but here we are.
Pierce Johnson — Four-Seamer up 1.0 MPH (96.7 vs. 95.7 season avg)
Tony Santillan — Four-Seamer down 0.8 MPH (93.8 vs. 94.6 season avg). Still doesn’t seem right.
Tejay Antone — Four-Seamer down 1.1 MPH (93.9 vs. 95.0 season avg)

Milwaukee Brewers
Chad Patrick – W (9)	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	4 K	6 Whiffs	55% CSW
DL Hall	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	31% CSW
Antonio Senzatela	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	36% CSW
Kyle Harrison	0.0 IP	4 ER	4 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	12% CSW
Aaron Ashby	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	25% CSW
Abner Uribe	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	30% CSW

Chad Patrick — Sinker up 1.1 MPH (96.6 vs. 95.5 season avg)
DL Hall — Sinker up 0.9 MPH (96.2 vs. 95.3 season avg); Sinker usage 62% (+27 pts vs. 35% usual)
Antonio Senzatela — Sinker up 1.6 MPH (98.3 vs. 96.7 season avg); Four-Seamer usage 0% (-35 pts vs. 35% usual); Sinker usage 43% (+27 pts vs. 16% usual)
Kyle Harrison — Four-Seamer up 1.9 MPH (96.6 vs. 94.7 season avg). Three bloop singles and a hard-hit double on a bad pitch. He could be a great reliever if that’s the route they go with him.
Aaron Ashby — Sinker up 0.8 MPH (98.5 vs. 97.7 season avg)

Philadelphia Phillies
Brooks Raley – L (7)	0.2 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	26% CSW
Grant Holman	0.1 IP	0 ER	4 H	1 BB	0 K	4 Whiffs	21% CSW
Orion Kerkering	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	3 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	23% CSW
Chase Shugart	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	31% CSW
Garrett Stubbs	1.1 IP	3 ER	4 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	7% CSW

Orion Kerkering — Sinker down 1.0 MPH (95.3 vs. 96.3 season avg). With three walks to boot. Ugh.

Atlanta Braves
Brent Suter	2.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	29% CSW

Chicago White Sox
Sean Newcomb	1.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	4 K	4 Whiffs	38% CSW
Luis Castillo	2.2 IP	3 ER	4 H	3 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	20% CSW
Hagen Smith	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	6 Whiffs	33% CSW
Grant Taylor	1.2 IP	1 ER	3 H	1 BB	3 K	8 Whiffs	45% CSW
Jordan Hicks – W (3)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	10% CSW
Bryan Hudson – SV (8)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	21% CSW

Sean Newcomb — Four-Seamer up 1.4 MPH (96.2 vs. 94.8 season avg)
Luis Castillo — Four-Seamer down 2.6 MPH (92.6 vs. 95.2 season avg)
Grant Taylor — Four-Seamer usage 16% (-31 pts vs. 47% usual)
Jordan Hicks — Four-Seamer up 0.8 MPH (100.2 vs. 99.4 season avg)
Bryan Hudson — Sweeper usage 64% (+38 pts vs. 27% usual); Four-Seamer usage 36% (-31 pts vs. 67% usual)

St. Louis Cardinals
Cooper Hjerpe	1.0 IP	4 ER	2 H	4 BB	3 K	6 Whiffs	33% CSW
Luis Gastelum – BS (2)	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	20% CSW
Justin Bruihl	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW
Ryne Stanek	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	50% CSW
George Soriano	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	30% CSW
Riley O’Brien – L (8)	1.0 IP	2 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	43% CSW

Justin Bruihl — Sinker down 1.2 MPH (89.0 vs. 90.2 season avg)
Riley O’Brien — Sinker down 1.0 MPH (96.8 vs. 97.8 season avg). The velocity came back up after his last time out, but a walk and a home run (on a 1-2, 95.5 MPH sinker with two outs) led to his 8th loss and blown save of the season here.

Texas Rangers
Robert Garcia – W (1)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 K	1 Whiffs	38% CSW
Nathan Eovaldi	2.2 IP	1 ER	4 H	2 K	4 Whiffs	24% CSW
Jacob Latz	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 K	6 Whiffs	39% CSW

Robert Garcia’s changeup and fastball looked good again here, and he seems to be back to normal after missing most of the season.
Jacob Latz — Four-Seamer up 1.5 MPH (96.2 vs. 94.7 season avg). Great to see him finishing the season strong.

Arizona Diamondbacks
Jonathan Loáisiga	0.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Derek Law	1.2 IP	3 H	1 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	23% CSW
Juan Morillo	0.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW

Juan Morillo — Sinker down 1.6 MPH (97.0 vs. 98.6 season avg). He threw just one pitch, so let’s not overreact.

Seattle Mariners
Cooper Criswell	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	30% CSW
Hoby Milner	1.0 IP	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW
Michael Rucker	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	30% CSW

Hoby Milner — Sinker down 0.9 MPH (85.9 vs. 86.8 season avg). Fastball went from bad to worse.

Athletics
Seth Johnson	2.0 IP	2 ER	4 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	18% CSW
Joey Estes	3.0 IP	5 ER	7 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	26% CSW
Yunior Tur	0.2 IP	2 ER	5 H	1 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	22% CSW
Carlos Cortes	1.1 IP	3 ER	2 H	3 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	15% CSW

Seth Johnson — Four-Seamer down 0.8 MPH (97.1 vs. 97.9 season avg)
Yunior Tur — Four-Seamer down 1.4 MPH (93.9 vs. 95.3 season avg). That’s not it.

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