Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Roundup: 9/22

Tampa Bay Rays
Ty Johnson	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	4 K	6 Whiffs	48% CSW

Ty Johnson’s fastball was awesome in this one. Excited to see if he can crack the postseason roster.

New York Yankees
David Bednar – SV (35)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	27% CSW

David Bednar’s fastball was better here than it has been, sitting at 96.9 MPH. Good timing with the Wild Card series starting next Tuesday.

Tampa Bay Rays
Kevin Kelly – HLD (32)	0.1 IP	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Cam Booser – HLD (12)	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	57% CSW
Bryan Baker	1.0 IP	1 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	25% CSW

Bryan Baker — Four-Seamer down 2.4 MPH (94.0 vs. 96.4 season avg). EVERYTHING IS FINE! They won’t need him again until October 3rd, so hopefully some rest can get him back to where he was in the first half.

New York Yankees
John Schreiber	0.2 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW
Ryan Yarbrough	1.0 IP	2 ER	2 H	1 K	4 Whiffs	22% CSW
Michael Fulmer	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 K	3 Whiffs	24% CSW

John Schreiber — Sinker usage 53% (+28 pts vs. 25% usual). Would expect more sweepers.
Ryan Yarbrough — Four-Seamer down 1.6 MPH (85.7 vs. 87.3 season avg)

Washington Nationals
Jack Sinclair – HLD (2)	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	36% CSW
Erik Tolman – SV (4)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	3 K	4 Whiffs	36% CSW

Jack Sinclair — Four-Seamer down 0.9 MPH (96.1 vs. 97.0 season avg)
Erik Tolman — Four-Seamer down 1.0 MPH (96.1 vs. 97.1 season avg). Even with the velocity down, the fastball still looked great.

Detroit Tigers
Tyler Kinley	1.0 IP	0 H	1 K	2 Whiffs	50% CSW
Brant Hurter	1.0 IP	1 H	2 K	4 Whiffs	47% CSW
Beau Brieske	1.0 IP	1 H	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW

Brant Hurter — Sinker down 1.0 MPH (90.9 vs. 91.9 season avg)

St. Louis Cardinals
Justin Bruihl	0.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	21% CSW
Cade Winquest	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	50% CSW

Justin Bruihl — Sinker down 0.9 MPH (89.3 vs. 90.2 season avg)
Cade Winquest definitely has the pieces to be a leverage reliever for the Cardinals, especially if he can lock in his curveball command.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Luke Weaver – HLD (23)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	3 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Gregory Soto – SV (16)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	28% CSW

Gregory Soto — Sinker usage 67% (+28 pts vs. 39% usual). Soto got the save here, with Montgomery getting the day off. We could see more of this split the rest of the way.

Milwaukee Brewers
Dustin May	2.0 IP	2 ER	1 H	2 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	28% CSW
Kyle Harrison	1.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	43% CSW

Dustin May — Sinker usage 47% (+27 pts vs. 20% usual)

Philadelphia Phillies
Tim Mayza	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Alex McFarlane	1.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	29% CSW
José Alvarado – W (5)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	0% CSW
Jhoan Duran – SV (33)	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW

Alex McFarlane — Four-Seamer down 2.0 MPH (97.8 vs. 99.8 season avg). Ugh, this is not ideal, but McFarlane’s stuff is good enough to still work at this velocity. Just as long as he’s healthy.
José Alvarado — Sinker down 2.6 MPH (95.3 vs. 97.9 season avg). Only one pitch, but the velo has been down.
Jhoan Duran — Four-Seamer usage 62% (+36 pts vs. 26% usual)

Cleveland Guardians
Tim Herrin – HLD (16)	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	29% CSW
Craig Yoho – HLD (4)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	38% CSW
Erik Sabrowski – HLD (26)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	3 K	3 Whiffs	42% CSW
Hunter Gaddis – W (5)	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Cade Smith – SV (40)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	31% CSW

Erik Sabrowski — Four-Seamer down 1.1 MPH (93.0 vs. 94.1 season avg). I’m more worried about the command than velocity.
Hunter Gaddis — Four-Seamer down 1.0 MPH (94.2 vs. 95.2 season avg)

Boston Red Sox
Alec Gamboa	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	14% CSW
Jovani Morán	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	62% CSW
Erik Miller – L (2)	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	23% CSW

Jovani Morán — Four-Seamer up 1.1 MPH (93.9 vs. 92.8 season avg). He may be the only lefty in this bullpen to trust outside of Chapman.
Erik Miller — Sinker down 1.1 MPH (95.7 vs. 96.8 season avg). The wheels are really falling off here, huh?

Cincinnati Reds
Brock Burke – HLD (22)	1.0 IP	1 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	32% CSW
Tejay Antone	1.0 IP	2 H	1 BB	1 K	6 Whiffs	44% CSW
Emilio Pagán	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	10% CSW

Brock Burke — Four-Seamer up 1.7 MPH (97.9 vs. 96.2 season avg). Burke is finishing on a strong note, right before he hits free agency.
Emilio Pagán — Four-Seamer down 0.8 MPH (94.1 vs. 94.9 season avg). Ehh, not great, but he just needs to hold on for a few more days.

Atlanta Braves
Owen Murphy	3.0 IP	3 ER	6 H	0 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	22% CSW
Didier Fuentes	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	25% CSW

Owen Murphy — Four-Seamer down 1.7 MPH (91.2 vs. 92.9 season avg). This is not working for me.

Chicago White Sox
Noah Schultz – W (4)	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	26% CSW
Huascar Brazobán	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW
Trevor Richards	1.0 IP	3 ER	3 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	26% CSW
Luis Castillo	1.0 IP	4 ER	3 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	15% CSW

Huascar Brazobán — Sinker usage 7% (-44 pts vs. 51% usual). Good to see him back, but not throwing his sinker is a bit odd (likely his best offering).

Kansas City Royals
Tony Gonsolin	2.2 IP	5 ER	4 H	3 BB	5 K	6 Whiffs	30% CSW
Nolan Hoffman	1.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	3 K	6 Whiffs	59% CSW
Alex Lange	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	50% CSW

I like Nolan Hoffman’s sinker from that low arm slot. Can he make the secondaries work?

Miami Marlins
Cade Gibson	0.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	9% CSW
Calvin Faucher – BS (6)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW
Michael Petersen	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	22% CSW
Eury Pérez	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	3 Whiffs	36% CSW
Tyler Zuber	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW
Jack Ralston	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	14% CSW
Josh Ekness – W (3)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	29% CSW
Victor Vodnik	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	44% CSW

Cade Gibson — Slider usage 46% (+30 pts vs. 16% usual)
Josh Ekness — Four-Seamer up 2.3 MPH (100.2 vs. 97.9 season avg). Ohhh OK then. Not sure where this came from, but if it sticks, we obviously have a future closer frontrunner here. His fastball is more than fine at 98 MPH as well.

Chicago Cubs
Aaron Civale	2.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Daniel Palencia	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	27% CSW
Ryan Rolison	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	20% CSW
Ryan Zeferjahn	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	31% CSW
Caleb Thielbar – L (4)	1.0 IP	2 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	21% CSW
Edward Cabrera	0.2 IP	3 ER	2 H	2 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW

Aaron Civale — Sinker up 1.3 MPH (92.8 vs. 91.5 season avg)
Daniel Palencia didn’t have his best command here, but the fastball velocity was up to 100 MPH, so he keeps trending the right way at least.
Ryan Rolison — Sweeper usage 40% (+26 pts vs. 14% usual)
Ryan Zeferjahn — Four-Seamer up 1.7 MPH (99.2 vs. 97.5 season avg); Sweeper usage 77% (+40 pts vs. 37% usual). Still had issues commanding the fastball.
Caleb Thielbar — Four-Seamer down 1.1 MPH (92.2 vs. 93.3 season avg)
Edward Cabrera — Sinker up 3.8 MPH (100.5 vs. 96.7 season avg)

New York Mets
Nate Lavender – HLD (11)	1.0 IP	2 K	2 Whiffs	29% CSW
Dedniel Núñez – HLD (5)	1.0 IP	2 K	3 Whiffs	38% CSW
Kodai Senga – SV (8)	1.0 IP	2 K	2 Whiffs	32% CSW

Nate Lavender — Four-Seamer up 1.0 MPH (93.4 vs. 92.4 season avg)
Dedniel Núñez — Four-Seamer up 1.7 MPH (98.3 vs. 96.6 season avg). Elite stuff from him right now.
Kodai Senga — Four-Seamer usage 74% (+31 pts vs. 43% usual). He was going heavy forkball usage lately, so going back to his fastball this much was a bit of a surprise.

Texas Rangers
Nathan Eovaldi – L (10)	1.0 IP	3 ER	3 H	1 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	31% CSW
Robert Garcia	0.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	26% CSW
Jakob Junis	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	21% CSW
Peyton Gray	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	27% CSW

Nathan Eovaldi — Four-Seamer down 1.2 MPH (93.2 vs. 94.4 season avg)
Good to see Peyton Gray back before the end of the season. He should have a role in this bullpen next year, just hopefully not in a setup capacity.

Arizona Diamondbacks
Juan Morillo	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	29% CSW
Kevin Ginkel	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	17% CSW

The stat line looks great, but Juan Morillo’s stuff has taken a bit of a step back this month. That fastball was pretty meh here.

Colorado Rockies
Nick Frasso	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	18% CSW
Juan Mejia	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	23% CSW

Los Angeles Angels
Luke Murphy	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW
José Fermin	0.0 IP	3 ER	3 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW
Tayler Saucedo – HLD (10)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	14% CSW
Sam Bachman – L (3)	1.1 IP	3 ER	3 H	0 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	22% CSW
Blake Weiman	0.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	31% CSW

Luke Murphy — Cutter usage 0% (-27 pts vs. 27% usual)
José Fermin — Four-Seamer down 1.1 MPH (95.5 vs. 96.6 season avg). Bummer.
Sam Bachman — Sinker down 1.7 MPH (96.9 vs. 98.6 season avg). Ugh, maybe he was not ready to return. After a ground ball that hit the second base bag went for a “single”, he tried challenging Cortes up and in with a 0-0 fastball. At 97 MPH, Cortes was able to turn on it. At 99 MPH, it may have been a different story.
Blake Weiman — Sinker down 1.7 MPH (88.7 vs. 90.4 season avg)

Athletics
Brady Basso	2.0 IP	5 ER	6 H	2 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	17% CSW
Scott Blewett	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Seth Johnson	2.2 IP	1 ER	4 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	26% CSW
Drew Rom	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	27% CSW
Luis Medina – W (6)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	24% CSW
Hogan Harris – SV (16)	1.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	32% CSW

Drew Rom — Four-Seamer down 1.3 MPH (90.4 vs. 91.7 season avg)
And we are back to Hogan Harris getting the ninth again, as Elvis Alvarado was seemingly available here. Luis Medina just keeps getting skipped over, despite being far and away the most consistent of the trio.

Houston Astros
Cristian Javier	2.0 IP	1 H	2 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	24% CSW
Miguel Ullola – W (1)	2.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Bennett Sousa	2.0 IP	1 H	2 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	32% CSW
AJ Blubaugh	1.0 IP	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	20% CSW
Logan VanWey	2.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	2 K	7 Whiffs	40% CSW

Miguel Ullola — Four-Seamer down 0.8 MPH (94.0 vs. 94.8 season avg). Ehh, I don’t love this as he can’t really afford to lose any velocity, but it worked here.
Bennett Sousa — Four-Seamer down 1.1 MPH (92.9 vs. 94.0 season avg). Nope, that’s not it.

Seattle Mariners
José A. Ferrer	1.2 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	34% CSW
Eduard Bazardo	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	27% CSW
Carlos Vargas	1.0 IP	2 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	30% CSW
Michael Rucker	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	18% CSW

José A. Ferrer — Sinker up 1.1 MPH (98.6 vs. 97.5 season avg); Sinker usage 38% (-33 pts vs. 71% usual). It’s been a disappointing season for Ferrer, but the sinker still looks great at the end of the year. He needs to shore up his secondaries to take that next step.
Eduard Bazardo — Sinker up 0.8 MPH (96.5 vs. 95.7 season avg)
Michael Rucker — Four-Seamer down 0.8 MPH (95.4 vs. 96.2 season avg)

Minnesota Twins
Kody Funderburk – HLD (14)	0.1 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	0 Whiffs	15% CSW
Andrew Morris – HLD (24)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	21% CSW
A.J. Minter – HLD (10)	0.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Jeff Hoffman – SV (6)	1.0 IP	1 ER	0 H	2 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	17% CSW

Kody Funderburk — Cutter usage 69% (+35 pts vs. 34% usual)
Andrew Morris — Four-Seamer up 0.8 MPH (98.2 vs. 97.4 season avg)
Jeff Hoffman — Four-Seamer down 0.8 MPH (95.6 vs. 96.4 season avg). We finally got a Hoffman save chance, and of course it wasn’t pretty despite Hoffman having such a strong month leading into this outing. This could (should?) be a mini-audition for him to take on the closer role in 2027.

San Francisco Giants
Duncan Davitt	2.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	29% CSW
Carson Seymour	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	40% CSW

Carson Seymour — Sinker down 1.1 MPH (95.5 vs. 96.6 season avg). Not great.

San Diego Padres
Wandy Peralta	2.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	29% CSW
Griffin Canning	2.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	2 BB	2 K	6 Whiffs	26% CSW

Wandy Peralta — Sinker up 1.1 MPH (97.1 vs. 96.0 season avg). Interesting, I guess.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Brock Stewart	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
Justin Wrobleski – W (12)	1.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	32% CSW
Blake Treinen	1.0 IP	0 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW
Roki Sasaki	1.0 IP	2 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	30% CSW
Edwin Díaz	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	23% CSW
Kyle Hurt	2.0 IP	1 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	33% CSW
Alex Vesia	1.0 IP	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Jack Dreyer	1.0 IP	0 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	50% CSW

Justin Wrobleski — Four-Seamer up 2.1 MPH (96.7 vs. 94.6 season avg)
Blake Treinen — Sinker up 1.0 MPH (96.2 vs. 95.2 season avg). He’s probably on the outside looking in for a postseason roster spot, but then again, Dave Roberts loves him.
Roki Sasaki — Four-Seamer up 0.9 MPH (98.7 vs. 97.8 season avg). Reliever Roki is back for another October playoff run. There’s a very good chance he looks better this time around as well.
Alex Vesia — Four-Seamer up 0.9 MPH (93.1 vs. 92.2 season avg)
I hear Edwin Díaz is a big JoJo fan. It’s good to see him back to normal, though.

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