Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Roundup: 9/16

Chicago White Sox
Hagen Smith – L (2)	1.2 IP	2 ER	1 H	2 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	43% CSW
Sean Newcomb – BS (2)	0.0 IP	2 ER	2 H	2 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW
Jordan Hicks	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW
Noah Schultz	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	28% CSW

Sean Newcomb — Four-Seamer up 1.5 MPH (96.3 vs. 94.8 season avg). He gave up a three-run home run to the first batter he faced, a 3-1 94 MPH sinker middle-in to Halpin. He then walked two batters and gave up a double to J-Ram.
Noah Schultz — Sinker up 2.0 MPH (97.1 vs. 95.1 season avg). Maybe this is the path for Schultz? I believe in him more as a starter than Hagen Smith, but one of them should be in the rotation next year.

Cleveland Guardians
Hunter Gaddis – HLD (29)	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	31% CSW
Erik Sabrowski – HLD (25)	0.2 IP	0 H	2 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW
Cade Smith – SV (37)	1.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	47% CSW

Erik Sabrowski had issues with his command once again. I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.

San Francisco Giants
Philip Abner – HLD (1)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW
Carson Seymour – HLD (8)	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	28% CSW
Trent Harris – HLD (5)	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	43% CSW
Dylan Smith – BS (5)	0.2 IP	2 ER	2 H	2 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	29% CSW
Reiver Sanmartin – W (3)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Joel Kuhnel – SV (8)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	6% CSW

Carson Seymour — Sinker up 1.0 MPH (97.6 vs. 96.6 season avg); Sinker usage 62% (+34 pts vs. 28% usual)
The wheels have fallen off for Dylan Smith, and I’d expect the next save chance to go to Trent Harris.
Joel Kuhnel — Sinker usage 88% (+37 pts vs. 51% usual); Cutter usage 0% (-32 pts vs. 32% usual)

St. Louis Cardinals
Luis Gastelum	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	53% CSW
Justin Bruihl	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW
Gordon Graceffo	1.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	29% CSW
Riley O’Brien – L (9)	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	31% CSW

Gordon Graceffo — Four-Seamer down 1.5 MPH (93.9 vs. 95.4 season avg). Ugh, just as I was starting to buy in. As long as he’s throwing that slider at least 50%+, he’ll probably be fine.
Riley O’Brien — Sinker down 2.1 MPH (95.7 vs. 97.8 season avg). Again, I’m not sure why they haven’t just shut him down yet.

New York Yankees
Clarke Schmidt	0.2 IP	2 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	29% CSW
Brent Headrick	1.1 IP	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	48% CSW
Paul Blackburn	1.0 IP	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	18% CSW
David Bednar – BS (4)	2.0 IP	3 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	35% CSW
John Schreiber – L (4)	1.0 IP	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	50% CSW

David Bednar threw 15 splitters to 7 fastballs here, as he’s still lacking trust in his fastball, which has fallen to the 95-96 MPH range. The problem with that is now you have to throw your splitter in the zone, which is not a recipe for success (Lewis just missed a HR on a hanger here).

Minnesota Twins
Jeff Hoffman – HLD (21)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	44% CSW
A.J. Minter – HLD (9)	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	32% CSW
Yoendrys Gómez – BS (1)	0.2 IP	2 ER	3 H	1 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	38% CSW
Kody Funderburk	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	33% CSW
Travis Adams	3.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	24% CSW
Tommy Nance – W (3)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	36% CSW

A.J. Minter — Four-Seamer up 1.2 MPH (94.6 vs. 93.4 season avg). Good to see, but the command was not great.
This has got to be the final straw for Yoendrys Gómez as the Twins closer, as despite only one blown save, he now holds a 7.07 ERA and 1.93 WHIP since the start of August (14 IP). He dealt with some bad luck here, but the double to Volpe was on a middle-middle fastball, and his command, in general, was just a mess.
Tommy Nance — Sinker up 1.2 MPH (95.7 vs. 94.5 season avg)

Detroit Tigers
Tyler Holton	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 Whiffs	17% CSW
Drew Sommers	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 Whiffs	31% CSW
Tyler Kinley	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	3 Whiffs	29% CSW

Drew Sommers — Four-Seamer down 1.1 MPH (93.8 vs. 94.9 season avg). Unfortunate to see, but fatigue may be settling in for Sommers after tossing 56 innings this year.

Toronto Blue Jays
Mason Fluharty – HLD (17)	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	27% CSW
Spencer Miles	2.0 IP	4 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW
Louis Varland – SV (34)	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	43% CSW

A lot of baserunners for Spencer Miles, but luckily, he has Louis Varland behind him to bail him out.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Blake Treinen	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW
Seth Halvorsen – L (2)	1.0 IP	2 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	6% CSW
Bobby Miller	2.1 IP	2 ER	3 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	23% CSW
Alex Vesia	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	18% CSW
Jack Dreyer	1.0 IP	2 ER	3 H	2 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	14% CSW
Kris Bubic	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	37% CSW

Blake Treinen — Four-Seamer usage 40% (+28 pts vs. 12% usual)
Seth Halvorsen — Four-Seamer usage 22% (-38 pts vs. 61% usual)
Kris Bubic — Four-Seamer up 2.4 MPH (94.2 vs. 91.8 season avg). It’s been a while since we saw Bubic the reliever, but this is a reminder of how great he can be in this role.

Cincinnati Reds
Julian Garcia	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	19% CSW
Tejay Antone – W (3)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	33% CSW
Brock Burke – HLD (20)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	12% CSW
Graham Ashcraft	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	32% CSW
Emilio Pagán	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	3 K	3 Whiffs	38% CSW

Brock Burke — Four-Seamer down 1.3 MPH (94.9 vs. 96.2 season avg). Still managed a hold, but late-season fatigue may be setting in.

Athletics
Seth Johnson	2.1 IP	0 H	4 K	5 Whiffs	46% CSW
Drew Rom	0.2 IP	1 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Scott Blewett	1.2 IP	1 H	1 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW
Hogan Harris	0.2 IP	0 H	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW

Seth Johnson — Four-Seamer down 1.0 MPH (96.9 vs. 97.9 season avg). The fastball was still great here, as were the breakers.

Tampa Bay Rays
Kevin Kelly – HLD (31)	2.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	4 K	7 Whiffs	36% CSW
Cam Booser – HLD (11)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 K	1 Whiffs	22% CSW
Cole Sulser – SV (3)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW

Kevin Kelly’s velocity is back to where it should be, no concerns there, but the team held Bryan Baker out of this one despite him only throwing 7 pitches the day prior (and not pitching since Saturday prior to that).

Milwaukee Brewers
JoJo Romero	0.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 K	1 Whiffs	29% CSW
Antonio Senzatela – W (11)	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	2 K	3 Whiffs	29% CSW
Shane Drohan – HLD (3)	0.2 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 K	2 Whiffs	36% CSW
Abner Uribe – HLD (21)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Trevor Megill – SV (28)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 K	3 Whiffs	75% CSW

JoJo Romero — Sinker down 1.1 MPH (92.6 vs. 93.7 season avg); Sinker usage 71% (+27 pts vs. 44% usual)
Antonio Senzatela — Sinker up 1.3 MPH (98.0 vs. 96.7 season avg); Sinker usage 57% (+41 pts vs. 16% usual)
Shane Drohan — Sinker up 0.9 MPH (95.7 vs. 94.8 season avg); Slider usage 54% (+34 pts vs. 20% usual)
Abner Uribe — Sinker up 1.1 MPH (99.9 vs. 98.8 season avg)

Pittsburgh Pirates
Yohan Ramírez	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	38% CSW
Carmen Mlodzinski – L (7)	2.0 IP	2 ER	2 H	2 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	32% CSW
Camilo Doval	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	36% CSW

Yohan Ramírez — Sweeper usage 75% (+36 pts vs. 39% usual)
Camilo Doval — Slider usage 54% (+25 pts vs. 29% usual)

Philadelphia Phillies
José Alvarado – HLD (16)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	12% CSW
Jhoan Duran – SV (31)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	33% CSW

José Alvarado back in the eighth inning in a hold situation is an interesting development. I don’t trust him still, but this bullpen in general is tough to trust right now.

Washington Nationals
Jared Simpson – L (1)	0.1 IP	2 ER	1 H	4 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	19% CSW
Riley Cornelio	2.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	24% CSW
Will Dion	2.2 IP	0 ER	2 H	1 BB	3 K	7 Whiffs	27% CSW
Richard Lovelady	0.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	38% CSW
Luis Perales	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	5 BB	2 K	7 Whiffs	27% CSW
Yovanny Cruz	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW

Whole lotta blegh.

Baltimore Orioles
Anthony Nunez	0.1 IP	0 H	1 K	1 Whiffs	17% CSW
Josh Walker	1.0 IP	1 H	1 K	2 Whiffs	15% CSW
Yennier Cano	1.0 IP	1 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	8% CSW

Josh Walker — Four-Seamer up 0.9 MPH (93.8 vs. 92.9 season avg). Continues to have a great second half.

New York Mets
Jefry Yan	3.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	7 Whiffs	31% CSW
Jack Weisenburger	3.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	1 BB	5 K	8 Whiffs	35% CSW

Welcome back Jefry Yan. The command was much much better here; I can definitely live with this.

Atlanta Braves
Dylan Dodd	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	50% CSW
Owen Murphy	2.1 IP	2 ER	5 H	1 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	30% CSW
Brent Suter	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	38% CSW

Owen Murphy — Four-Seamer down 0.8 MPH (92.4 vs. 93.2 season avg). Unfortunately, not that interesting.
Brent Suter — Sinker up 1.1 MPH (90.1 vs. 89.0 season avg)

Chicago Cubs
Aaron Civale	1.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW
Ryan Rolison	0.2 IP	2 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	4% CSW
Ryan Zeferjahn	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	35% CSW

Aaron Civale — Sinker up 2.1 MPH (93.6 vs. 91.5 season avg)
Ryan Rolison — Sinker down 1.3 MPH (93.7 vs. 95.0 season avg)
Ryan Zeferjahn — Four-Seamer up 1.0 MPH (98.5 vs. 97.5 season avg). Not a save technically, but it does appear as if Zeferjahn is the favorite for save situations moving forward.

Boston Red Sox
Greg Weissert	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	40% CSW
Erik Miller – L (1)	1.0 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	18% CSW
Raymond Burgos	1.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW

Erik Miller — Sinker down 1.3 MPH (95.5 vs. 96.8 season avg). Yeah…so Miller has not been the same guy in September. Was July/August just a fluke?

Texas Rangers
Jakob Junis	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	38% CSW

Kansas City Royals
Craig Kimbrel – HLD (4)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	24% CSW
Nolan Hoffman – HLD (2)	0.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	17% CSW
Anthony Gose – HLD (2)	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	60% CSW
Nate Pearson	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	31% CSW
Steven Cruz	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	3 K	6 Whiffs	40% CSW

Meh, I’ve been trying to talk myself into Cruz or Pearson as the potential opening day closer for the Royals next season, but the inconsistencies make me think they must go add someone. Cruz has the fastball for the role; the secondaries just aren’t consistently good enough. Pearson is the other way around, where the slider is great, but the fastball is inconsistent. If they could just merge into one pitcher with Cruz’s four-seamer and Pearson’s slider, that would be the ideal closer.

Houston Astros
Bryan King	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Enyel De Los Santos	1.1 IP	2 ER	2 H	2 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	21% CSW
Tatsuya Imai	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	17% CSW

Bryan King — Sinker usage 44% (+31 pts vs. 14% usual). Just no more four-seamers.
Enyel De Los Santos — Four-Seamer down 1.1 MPH (94.0 vs. 95.1 season avg). Really fell off in the second half.

San Diego Padres
David Morgan	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	21% CSW
Yuki Matsui	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	17% CSW

David Morgan — Four-Seamer up 1.4 MPH (99.1 vs. 97.7 season avg). That type of velocity gives him a shot, but I still have concerns.

Colorado Rockies
Nick Frasso	1.2 IP	3 ER	4 H	3 K	9 Whiffs	50% CSW
Jimmy Herget	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 K	2 Whiffs	27% CSW
Juan Mejia	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	3 K	4 Whiffs	33% CSW

Nick Frasso — Four-Seamer usage 23% (-37 pts vs. 60% usual)
Juan Mejia — Four-Seamer up 1.1 MPH (98.0 vs. 96.9 season avg). Mejia had been sitting 94-96 MPH since the start of August, and all of a sudden he’s sitting at 98 MPH?

Seattle Mariners
Carlos Vargas – W (1)	1.1 IP	1 H	3 K	4 Whiffs	44% CSW
José A. Ferrer	0.2 IP	1 H	1 K	3 Whiffs	26% CSW
Cooper Criswell	1.2 IP	1 H	1 K	1 Whiffs	27% CSW
Andrés Muñoz	1.0 IP	2 H	1 K	1 Whiffs	12% CSW

Cooper Criswell — Sinker down 1.1 MPH (89.7 vs. 90.8 season avg)
Andrés Muñoz gave up two infield hits that Crawford couldn’t make plays on, but eventually got a double play to end the inning.

Los Angeles Angels
Sammy Peralta	2.2 IP	2 ER	3 H	2 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	32% CSW
Mitch Farris	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	40% CSW

Sammy Peralta — Sinker down 0.9 MPH (88.0 vs. 88.9 season avg). That won’t help.

Miami Marlins
Cade Gibson – W (5)	1.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	35% CSW
Jack Ralston – HLD (3)	2.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	4 K	4 Whiffs	32% CSW
Sandy Alcantara – SV (1)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	15% CSW

Jack Ralston — Four-Seamer up 1.0 MPH (94.6 vs. 93.6 season avg). It doesn’t make his fastball any more interesting; he’s solely living off his “funk” factor at this point, but that will probably wear off.
Sandy Alcantara — Sinker up 2.8 MPH (100.1 vs. 97.3 season avg). Oh? Don’t expect to see this again.

Arizona Diamondbacks
Ryne Nelson	1.1 IP	1 H	2 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	16% CSW
Dennis Santana	2.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	38% CSW
Jonathan Loáisiga	1.0 IP	2 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW

Dennis Santana — Sinker down 1.1 MPH (92.8 vs. 93.9 season avg); Four-Seamer usage 0% (-30 pts vs. 30% usual)
Jonathan Loáisiga — Four-Seamer up 1.2 MPH (98.7 vs. 97.5 season avg). Loáisiga has been excellent over his past 17 innings now, with a 1.06 ERA (2.22 xFIP) and 0.82 WHIP with a 15/0 K/BB ratio over this span. Great to see him dominating again.

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