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Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Roundup: 9/24

A Review of Key Bullpen and Reliever Usage from Yesterday's Games

Rick Graham

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Welcome to the RP Roundup, my daily fantasy baseball article reviewing every reliever performance from the previous day.

STL 1 – PIT 2

St. Louis Cardinals
Kyle Leahy	2.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	0 BB	3 K	7 Whiffs	38% CSW
Gordon Graceffo	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	50% CSW
Brycen Mautz	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	35% CSW
Ryne Stanek – L (3)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	14% CSW

Kyle Leahy — Four-Seamer up 0.8 MPH (95.1 vs. 94.3 season avg)
Ryne Stanek — Four-Seamer down 0.9 MPH (97.1 vs. 98.0 season avg)

Pittsburgh Pirates
Yohan Ramírez	0.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW
Gregory Soto	0.2 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	22% CSW
Luke Weaver – W (4)	0.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	60% CSW
Mason Montgomery – SV (17)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	47% CSW

Yohan Ramírez — Four-Seamer down 1.2 MPH (95.4 vs. 96.6 season avg)
Luke Weaver — Four-Seamer down 1.2 MPH (94.1 vs. 95.3 season avg)
Mason Montgomery — Sinker up 0.9 MPH (99.6 vs. 98.7 season avg); Sinker usage 82% (+60 pts vs. 22% usual); Four-Seamer usage 18% (-30 pts vs. 48% usual). Beast

CHW 9 – KCR 1

Chicago White Sox
Huascar Brazobán	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	38% CSW
Tyler Davis	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	13% CSW
Trevor Richards	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	17% CSW

Huascar Brazobán — Sinker usage 19% (-32 pts vs. 51% usual)

Kansas City Royals
Randy Dobnak – L (5)	1.1 IP	4 ER	6 H	1 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	24% CSW
Anthony Gose	1.2 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	3 K	6 Whiffs	39% CSW
Alex Lange	1.0 IP	2 ER	2 H	2 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW
Jose Cuas	2.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	3 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	31% CSW
Spencer Bivens	2.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	4 K	7 Whiffs	41% CSW
Nolan Hoffman	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW

Nolan Hoffman — Four-Seamer down 1.0 MPH (92.2 vs. 93.2 season avg)

MIA 1 – CHC 2

Miami Marlins
Jack Ralston – L (2)	1.1 IP	2 ER	3 H	0 BB	2 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW
Josh Ekness	1.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW
Victor Vodnik	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	25% CSW

Josh Ekness — Four-Seamer up 1.1 MPH (99.1 vs. 98.0 season avg). Yes.
Victor Vodnik — Four-Seamer usage 17% (-32 pts vs. 49% usual). That curveball was nearing Brody Hopkins levels in this one.

Chicago Cubs
Daniel Palencia – HLD (3)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	20% CSW
Ryan Zeferjahn – SV (7)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	44% CSW

The Cubs may be entering the postseason with Ryan Zeferjahn as their closer, but expect a short leash.

NYM 1 – TEX 3

New York Mets
Jefry Yan	0.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	19% CSW
Austin Warren	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	50% CSW
Jack Weisenburger	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	3 Whiffs	30% CSW

Jefry Yan — Sinker usage 19% (-28 pts vs. 46% usual); Four-Seamer usage 50% (+26 pts vs. 24% usual)
Jack Weisenburger — Four-Seamer down 0.8 MPH (94.2 vs. 95.0 season avg)

Texas Rangers
Robert Garcia – HLD (5)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	30% CSW
Tyler Alexander – HLD (14)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	25% CSW
Chase Silseth – HLD (18)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	50% CSW
Jordan Montgomery – SV (1)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	38% CSW

Chase Silseth — Sweeper usage 57% (+36 pts vs. 21% usual)

ARI 12 – COL 8

Arizona Diamondbacks
Dennis Santana	1.0 IP	4 ER	4 H	1 BB	1 K	6 Whiffs	22% CSW
Taylor Clarke	1.0 IP	2 ER	4 H	0 BB	1 K	5 Whiffs	21% CSW
Kevin Ginkel	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	4 Whiffs	44% CSW

Kevin Ginkel — Four-Seamer usage 12% (-34 pts vs. 47% usual); Slider usage 81% (+33 pts vs. 48% usual)

Colorado Rockies
Jimmy Herget	2.2 IP	2 ER	4 H	1 BB	4 K	6 Whiffs	29% CSW
Nick Frasso	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	25% CSW
Juan Mejia	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	50% CSW
Jordan Romano	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	30% CSW

Jordan Romano — Four-Seamer down 1.5 MPH (92.3 vs. 93.8 season avg)

MIL 5 – PHI 1

Milwaukee Brewers
Chad Patrick	1.1 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	31% CSW
Aaron Ashby	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	36% CSW
JoJo Romero – W (3)	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	35% CSW
Antonio Senzatela – SV (4)	1.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	21% CSW

JoJo Romero has turned things around, and the stuff is starting to return to form for him. Can’t wait to see how this bullpen is used in the postseason.

Philadelphia Phillies
Alex McFarlane	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	2 BB	3 K	2 Whiffs	33% CSW
José Alvarado – L (4)	0.1 IP	3 ER	2 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	14% CSW
Chase Shugart	0.2 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	27% CSW
Tim Mayza	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	27% CSW

Alex McFarlane — Four-Seamer down 1.4 MPH (98.1 vs. 99.5 season avg); Four-Seamer usage 70% (+29 pts vs. 41% usual). Eeek. Still making it work though (kind of).
José Alvarado — Sinker down 1.9 MPH (96.0 vs. 97.9 season avg)

CLE 1 – BOS 0

Cleveland Guardians
Daniel Espino	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	41% CSW
Hunter Gaddis – HLD (32)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	14% CSW
Erik Sabrowski – HLD (27)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	0 Whiffs	29% CSW
Cade Smith – SV (41)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	3 Whiffs	53% CSW

Daniel Espino — Slider usage 0% (-28 pts vs. 28% usual)
Hunter Gaddis — Four-Seamer usage 59% (+31 pts vs. 28% usual)
Erik Sabrowski — Four-Seamer down 1.4 MPH (92.7 vs. 94.1 season avg). Velocity is fine, just tighten up that command.
Cade Smith — Four-Seamer up 0.8 MPH (98.3 vs. 97.5 season avg)

Boston Red Sox
Patrick Sandoval	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	42% CSW
Erik Miller	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	50% CSW
Raymond Burgos	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	36% CSW

Patrick Sandoval — Four-Seamer usage 50% (+25 pts vs. 25% usual)
Raymond Burgos — Sweeper usage 57% (+32 pts vs. 26% usual)

TBR 4 – NYY 6

Tampa Bay Rays
Jake Woodford	1.1 IP	3 ER	3 H	1 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	29% CSW
Brody Hopkins – BS (1)	0.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	2 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW
Steven Matz – L (6)	1.1 IP	2 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	39% CSW

Jake Woodford — Sinker down 1.3 MPH (92.3 vs. 93.6 season avg)
Steven Matz — Sinker up 0.9 MPH (94.5 vs. 93.6 season avg)

New York Yankees
Michael Fulmer	1.1 IP	1 ER	2 H	1 BB	3 K	4 Whiffs	46% CSW
Tim Hill	0.2 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	8% CSW
Luis Gil	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	4 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	17% CSW
Bradley Hanner – W (1)	2.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	23% CSW

Luis Gil — Four-Seamer down 1.0 MPH (94.3 vs. 95.3 season avg). Oh no.

CIN 7 – ATL 6

Cincinnati Reds
Zach McCambley	1.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	32% CSW
Connor Phillips – W (2)	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	2 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	22% CSW
Tejay Antone – HLD (11)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	1 K	1 Whiffs	33% CSW
Brock Burke – HLD (23)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	12% CSW
Emilio Pagán – SV (25)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	4 Whiffs	29% CSW

Tejay Antone — Sinker down 0.9 MPH (92.9 vs. 93.8 season avg)
Emilio Pagán — Splitter usage 50% (+33 pts vs. 17% usual)

Atlanta Braves
AJ Smith-Shawver – L (3)	2.0 IP	2 ER	1 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	20% CSW
Dylan Dodd	2.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	3 K	4 Whiffs	19% CSW

AJ Smith-Shawver — Four-Seamer up 1.2 MPH (97.5 vs. 96.3 season avg)

HOU 7 – ATH 5

Houston Astros
Bryan King	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	39% CSW
Miguel Ullola – W (2)	3.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	3 K	8 Whiffs	40% CSW
Bennett Sousa – HLD (12)	0.2 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	31% CSW
Bryan Abreu – SV (9)	1.1 IP	0 ER	1 H	1 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	21% CSW

Miguel Ullola — Four-Seamer usage 40% (-34 pts vs. 74% usual). He needs a bigger role. May be too little too late.
Bennett Sousa — Four-Seamer usage 54% (+30 pts vs. 24% usual)

Athletics
Scott Blewett – L (2)	1.0 IP	1 ER	3 H	0 BB	0 K	2 Whiffs	22% CSW
Chris Roycroft	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	29% CSW
Elvis Alvarado	1.0 IP	1 ER	2 H	0 BB	0 K	3 Whiffs	25% CSW

Scott Blewett — Four-Seamer up 1.7 MPH (97.2 vs. 95.5 season avg)
Chris Roycroft — Sinker up 0.8 MPH (97.2 vs. 96.4 season avg)
Elvis Alvarado — Four-Seamer down 0.9 MPH (97.8 vs. 98.7 season avg). Jekyll and Hyde reliever

LAA 6 – SEA 4

Los Angeles Angels
Sammy Peralta – HLD (2)	3.0 IP	0 ER	2 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	23% CSW
Ryan Watson – SV (4)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	56% CSW

Ryan Watson — Four-Seamer up 1.7 MPH (95.9 vs. 94.2 season avg). Looks like he’ll get to finish the year in the closer role. He threw just one fastball here, but if that four-seamer can consistently play up as it did here, then I’m all in on Watson.

Seattle Mariners
Michael Rucker	1.2 IP	0 ER	0 H	1 BB	2 K	3 Whiffs	33% CSW
Cooper Criswell	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	2 BB	0 K	1 Whiffs	32% CSW
Hoby Milner	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	3 K	5 Whiffs	56% CSW

Cooper Criswell — Sinker down 1.5 MPH (89.2 vs. 90.7 season avg)

SDP 4 – LAD 2

San Diego Padres
Yuki Matsui – W (4)	1.0 IP	0 ER	1 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	30% CSW
Jason Adam – HLD (18)	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	0 K	0 Whiffs	40% CSW
Adrian Morejon	1.1 IP	1 ER	1 H	1 BB	2 K	5 Whiffs	31% CSW
Mason Miller – SV (38)	1.0 IP	1 ER	1 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	47% CSW

Jason Adam returned, and well, we didn’t see a fastball from him. Three sliders and two changeups.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Justin Wrobleski	0.2 IP	1 ER	3 H	0 BB	1 K	2 Whiffs	26% CSW
Evan Phillips	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	4 Whiffs	55% CSW
Edwin Díaz	1.0 IP	0 ER	0 H	0 BB	2 K	2 Whiffs	55% CSW

Justin Wrobleski — Four-Seamer up 2.1 MPH (96.7 vs. 94.6 season avg)
Evan Phillips — Four-Seamer up 1.9 MPH (98.8 vs. 96.9 season avg)
Edwin Díaz — Four-Seamer up 1.1 MPH (97.6 vs. 96.5 season avg). It’s unfair how well Stewart, Phillips and Díaz are throwing the ball right now. Add in a healthy Edgardo Henriquez and all the left-handed relievers they have, and this bullpen is just not fair.

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Rick Graham

Rick resides in the Boston area and has experience as a player and coach at the collegiate level. He has been covering relievers for Pitcher List since 2017.