Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Roundup: 9/14

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LAD 4 – CIN 1

Los Angeles Dodgers
Alex Vesia	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	27% CSW
Evan Phillips	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW

Evan Phillips — Four-Seamer up 0.8 MPH (97.6 vs. 96.8 season avg). The only damage done came off a 98.2 MPH fastball up and out of the zone that EDLC somehow took about 700 feet to right-center. There may not be a better arm in the Dodgers bullpen right now.

Cincinnati Reds
Luis Mey	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	40% CSW
Tony Santillan	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	18% CSW

Tony Santillan — Four-Seamer down 1.0 MPH (93.6 vs. 94.6 season avg). Stuff is down, command is down. Maybe shut it down?

CHW 7 – CLE 3

Chicago White Sox
Sean Newcomb	1.0 IP	1 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	31% CSW
Hagen Smith	2.0 IP	1 H	3 K	5 Whiffs	38% CSW
Trevor Richards	1.0 IP	1 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW

Hagen Smith continues to dominate, and we know he’ll be in the bullpen the rest of the season…but what are the plans for him next year? I feel like the bullpen may be the best spot for him right now.

Cleveland Guardians
Tim Herrin	0.2 IP	1 ER	3 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	28% CSW
Daniel Espino	0.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Slade Cecconi	2.1 IP	1 ER	0 H	2 BB	4 K	5 Whiffs	34% CSW
Connor Brogdon	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	7% CSW

Slade Cecconi — Four-Seamer up 2.6 MPH (96.2 vs. 93.6 season avg). Nope, still don’t want this.
Connor Brogdon — Four-Seamer up 1.4 MPH (96.0 vs. 94.6 season avg). The fastball looks much better, could play his way into an important role down the stretch.

DET 6 – TOR 5

Detroit Tigers
Beau Brieske	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	28% CSW
Tyler Holton	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW
Kyle Finnegan – BS (10)	1.0 IP	3 ER	3 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	29% CSW
Tyler Kinley – W (7)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	27% CSW
Kenley Jansen – SV (20)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	38% CSW

Beau Brieske — Four-Seamer down 1.0 MPH (94.5 vs. 95.5 season avg)
Tyler Holton — Four-Seamer usage 40% (+28 pts vs. 12% usual)
Kyle Finnegan — Four-Seamer down 1.5 MPH (94.7 vs. 96.2 season avg); Splitter usage 7% (-25 pts vs. 32% usual). Ooof. Might be time to call it on the season.

Toronto Blue Jays
Paul Sewald	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	14% CSW
Joe Mantiply – HLD (1)	0.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	12% CSW
Louis Varland – L (6)	1.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	29% CSW

Joe Mantiply — Sinker down 2.2 MPH (86.2 vs. 88.4 season avg); Sinker usage 94% (+48 pts vs. 46% usual); Changeup usage 0% (-26 pts vs. 26% usual). Jays could probably move on from him.

BAL 2 – NYM 1

Baltimore Orioles
Josh Walker	1.2 IP	0 H	1 K	2 Whiffs	18% CSW
Yennier Cano – W (3)	0.1 IP	0 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	25% CSW
Grant Wolfram – HLD (13)	1.0 IP	1 H	1 K	2 Whiffs	29% CSW
Rico Garcia – SV (9)	1.0 IP	0 H	0 K	4 Whiffs	36% CSW

Yennier Cano — Sinker down 1.0 MPH (93.8 vs. 94.8 season avg). Over the past month, Cano has gotten three outs just one time. He’s totalled 5.1 IP over his past 12 appearances. He’s back to being a specialist, which severely diminishes his SV+HLD value.
Rico Garcia — Four-Seamer usage 7% (-28 pts vs. 35% usual). Pretty clear he has cemented himself back in the closer role…for now.

New York Mets
Jonathan Pintaro	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	2 K	7 Whiffs	57% CSW
Dedniel Núñez – L (1)	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 K	1 Whiffs	36% CSW
Kodai Senga	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	3 K	5 Whiffs	33% CSW

Dedniel Núñez — Four-Seamer up 1.3 MPH (97.8 vs. 96.5 season avg); Slider usage 71% (+30 pts vs. 42% usual); Four-Seamer usage 29% (-28 pts vs. 56% usual). He left a 1-0 slider middle down to Henderson, not a terrible pitch, but Henderson was sitting on it and blasted it to right for a home run. I’d like to see more of a 50/50 split with his slider and fastball, or even 60/40 with that fastball leading the way.
Kodai Senga — Forkball usage 50% (+25 pts vs. 25% usual)

ATL 3 – CHC 7

Chicago Cubs
Javier Assad	1.0 IP	2 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	23% CSW
Ryan Rolison	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	15% CSW
Ryan Zeferjahn	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	25% CSW

Javier Assad — Sinker up 1.1 MPH (94.5 vs. 93.4 season avg)
Ryan Zeferjahn — Four-Seamer up 1.8 MPH (99.2 vs. 97.4 season avg). Command is still a mess, though. Is he really the favorite for saves here now?

NYY 8 – MIN 3

New York Yankees
Michael Fulmer	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	43% CSW
Tim Hill – W (5)	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	7% CSW
John Schreiber – SV (2)	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW

Michael Fulmer — Four-Seamer down 1.4 MPH (91.9 vs. 93.3 season avg)
John Schreiber — Sinker usage 50% (+26 pts vs. 24% usual)
This bullpen is shaping up to be a major, major issues in October.

Minnesota Twins
Kody Funderburk	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 K	1 Whiffs	67% CSW
Jeff Hoffman – HLD (20)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 K	3 Whiffs	38% CSW
Andrew Morris – L (8)	0.1 IP	3 ER	3 H	1 K	2 Whiffs	27% CSW
A.J. Minter	0.0 IP	3 ER	3 H	0 K	2 Whiffs	17% CSW
Tommy Nance	1.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	2 K	2 Whiffs	36% CSW

Kody Funderburk — Sinker down 2.6 MPH (90.4 vs. 93.0 season avg)
Andrew Morris — Cutter usage 54% (+34 pts vs. 20% usual). I’m not sure why they still trust him in big spots? He entered with a one run lead in hte 8th inning here despite holding a 11.12 ERA and 2.12 WHIP over the past month with just a 13% K rate (11.1 IP).
Tommy Nance — Sinker down 1.0 MPH (93.5 vs. 94.5 season avg)

SFG 1 – STL 2

San Francisco Giants
Reiver Sanmartin	0.0 IP	2 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	27% CSW
Joel Kuhnel	1.2 IP	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	32% CSW
Trent Harris	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	38% CSW
Carson Seymour	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW

Joel Kuhnel — Sinker up 1.6 MPH (96.8 vs. 95.2 season avg)
Trent Harris — Sinker up 0.9 MPH (94.6 vs. 93.7 season avg). When he’s at his best, he really locates that sinker well, which is kind of make or break for him because it is not a great pitch. The breakers are great.
Carson Seymour — Sinker up 1.0 MPH (97.5 vs. 96.5 season avg). I like Seymours sinker/slider combo better than what Harris is working with, but hte command is not nearly as sharp yet.

St. Louis Cardinals
Justin Bruihl – HLD (11)	0.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	29% CSW
Ryne Stanek – HLD (26)	1.0 IP	1 H	1 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	35% CSW
Riley O’Brien – SV (37)	1.0 IP	1 H	1 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	37% CSW

Riley O’Brien — Sinker down 1.9 MPH (95.9 vs. 97.8 season avg); Sweeper usage 63% (+33 pts vs. 30% usual). He got strikeouts on Furman and McCray with sweepers, and at least he’s throwing the pitch more now that his sinker has evaporated. I’d imagine the Cardinals could consider shutting him down with his velocity taking this big of a hit lately and nothing to play for, but we’ll see.

SDP 8 – COL 7

San Diego Padres
Kyle Hart	0.1 IP	3 ER	1 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	12% CSW
Bradgley Rodriguez – HLD (15)	1.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	4 Whiffs	20% CSW
Adrian Morejon – HLD (26)	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	11% CSW
Mason Miller – SV (37)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	50% CSW

Bradgley Rodriguez — Four-Seamer down 1.5 MPH (96.7 vs. 98.2 season avg). Uh oh, thats now two games with his velocity way down (and poor results). There may be a need for an IL stint here unfortunately.
Mason Miller — Slider usage 79% (+28 pts vs. 51% usual); Four-Seamer usage 21% (-25 pts vs. 47% usual)

Colorado Rockies
Blas Castaño	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	19% CSW
Mark Manfredi	0.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW
Juan Mejia	1.1 IP	1 ER	3 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	26% CSW
Jordan Romano	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	44% CSW

Mark Manfredi — Four-Seamer down 1.0 MPH (93.3 vs. 94.3 season avg)
Juan Mejia — Four-Seamer down 1.0 MPH (95.9 vs. 96.9 season avg)
Jordan Romano — Four-Seamer down 2.0 MPH (91.9 vs. 93.9 season avg). In all honesty, how does he produce this stat line? I guess the slider is still OK, but he actually got Merrill to whiff on a 1-0 fastball here?

SEA 4 – LAA 6

Seattle Mariners
Cooper Criswell	0.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW
Michael Rucker	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	27% CSW
Eduard Bazardo	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	17% CSW

Cooper Criswell — Sinker down 0.9 MPH (90.0 vs. 90.9 season avg)
Whole lotta blegh.

Los Angeles Angels
Blake Weiman – HLD (3)	0.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	42% CSW
Ryan Watson – HLD (8)	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	50% CSW
Ben Joyce – SV (5)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW

Blake Weiman — Four-Seamer down 1.5 MPH (88.7 vs. 90.2 season avg)
Ryan Watson — Sweeper usage 50% (+28 pts vs. 22% usual); Cutter usage 0% (-26 pts vs. 26% usual). Just throw only breaking balls until hitters adjust.
Ben Joyce — Four-Seamer down 1.3 MPH (99.7 vs. 101.0 season avg). Well, it was fun for those first two weeks or so.

MIA 7 – ARI 8

Miami Marlins
Calvin Faucher – HLD (17)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	29% CSW
Michael Petersen – HLD (25)	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	42% CSW
Tyler Zuber – HLD (10)	1.0 IP	2 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	26% CSW
Pete Fairbanks	0.0 IP	1 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW
Jack Ralston – L (1)	0.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	14% CSW

Michael Petersen — Four-Seamer up 0.8 MPH (98.8 vs. 98.0 season avg)
Tyler Zuber — Four-Seamer up 1.0 MPH (96.5 vs. 95.5 season avg)
Pete Fairbanks — Four-Seamer down 1.9 MPH (95.3 vs. 97.2 season avg). This stinks. I’m not sure if theres a surgery or some sort of preventative procedure that can help Fairbanks and his nerve issues, but he’s so much better than his stat line shows this year. It will be interesting to see what his market looks like but I wouldn’t give up on him just yet.

Arizona Diamondbacks
Jonathan Loáisiga	1.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	26% CSW
Kevin Ginkel	1.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	0 BB	3 K	3 Whiffs	45% CSW
Justin Martinez	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	35% CSW
Juan Morillo – W (4)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	3 K	4 Whiffs	42% CSW

Kevin Ginkel — Four-Seamer up 1.2 MPH (96.9 vs. 95.7 season avg). Still a mediocre fastball.
Justin Martinez still has a command issue (he really needs to stop leaving splitters up in the zone) but the stuff remains elite.

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