During our podcast the other day we broke down All-Star snubs and I think the most egregious one on the AL reliever side is John Schreiber. Since becoming a full-time member of the Red Sox bullpen on May 6th, Schreiber leads the league in SV+HLD’s (18) and also ranks in the top eight in K-BB% (29.7%), xFIP (2.24), SIERA (1.86) and GB% (59.6%). His ERA and WHIP for the season are BOTH 0.60. Tanner Houck is still the go-to closer option at the moment and that’s likely to continue even with Garrett Whitlock’s return imminent, but Schreiber is certainly not going anywhere.

 

Notes

 

• Giovanny Gallegos has now allowed runs in his last four appearances, which is certainly unfortunate as he had been given some save opportunities lately. In those four games, he’s allowed seven hits and five runs, however, he does have a 7/1 K/BB rate. Despite this little rough patch he’s going through, Gallegos should remain in a high leverage role for the Cardinals.

 

• Brusdar Graterol moves up the list after factoring into some saves the past week and while he doesn’t get many swings and misses, his pitch mix is almost certain to limit hard contact and produce plenty of groundballs (61.6%), so he should be at least a three-category contributor for those of you in holds leagues. EDIT: four hours after this was posted, Graterol landed on the IL with a shoulder injury.

 

• Yimi García returned to the Blue Jays bullpen this past week and should slot immediately back into a setup role. This bullpen has had its issues but there should be enough here between García, Adam Cimber, and Tim Mayza (assuming all are healthy) to get the ball to Jordan Romano in the ninth.

 

• After struggling in early June, Tyler Duffey had four days off between June 12 and June 17th, and since then has been lights out. Over the past month, Duffey has now fired off 13 straight scoreless innings to go with a WHIP of 1.00 and 12 strikeouts. Emilio Pagán is coming off a pretty good week as well, but I wonder if Duffey has passed him as a preferred high leverage option at this point.

 

Rank	Pitcher	Team	Change
1	Devin WilliamsT1	NYM	-
2	A.J. Minter T2	NYM	-
3	John Schreiber	KC	+1
4	Michael King	SD	+1
5	Seranthony Domínguez	CWS	+UR
6	Jason Adam T3	SD	+2
7	Andrés Muñoz	SEA	+2
8	Evan Phillips	LAD	+2
9	Giovanny Gallegos	LAD	-6
10	Diego Castillo		-4
11	Brooks Raley	NYM	-4
12	Michael Fulmer	SF	-
13	Kendall Graveman		-2
14	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	+UR
15	Alexis Díaz	TEX	+UR
16	Héctor Neris T4		-3
17	Eli Morgan	KC	-3
18	Alex Lange	KC	-3
19	Andrew Chafin	CIN	-2
20	Griffin Jax	TB	-2
21	Seth Lugo	KC	-5
22	Rafael Montero	NYY	-2
23	Félix Bautista	BAL	-2
24	Wil Crowe	PHI	-
25	Génesis Cabrera	PHI	+UR
26	Brad Boxberger T5		-7
27	Collin McHugh		+1
28	Will Smith	LAD	+UR
29	Drew Smith	MIN	-7
30	Ryne Stanek	STL	-7
31	Erik Swanson	SD	-6
32	Ryan Tepera		-6
33	Matt Wisler	TOR	-6
34	Tyler Matzek	STL	-5
35	Yimi García	TOR	+UR
36	Luis García	MIN	-5
37	Anthony Bass		-
38	Scott Effross	DET	-
39	Tyler Duffey		+7
40	A.J. Puk	ARI	+8
41	Adam Cimber T6		-8
42	Dennis Santana	PIT	-10
43			-9
44	Tim Mayza	PHI	-4
45	Aaron Loup		-10
46	Emilio Pagán	CIN	-4
47	Aroldis Chapman	BOS	-17
48	Jonathan Loáisiga	ARI	+UR
49	José Leclerc	SD	-5
50	Brad Hand		-5
51	Mychal Givens		+1
52	Brock Burke	CIN	+1
53	Steven Okert	HOU	-6
54	Phil Maton	CHC	-
55	Joe Mantiply	TOR	-5
56	Alex Vesia T7	LAD	+2
57	Domingo Acevedo	COL	+3
58	Adam Ottavino		-7
59	Matt Strahm	KC	-20
60	Joe Kelly		-11
61	Jordan Hicks	CWS	-4
62	Trevor Stephan	CLE	+10
63	Matt Brash	SEA	+UR
64	John Brebbia	MIN	-8
65	Dylan Coleman	BAL	+5
66	Joely Rodríguez		-11
67	Dominic Leone		-8
68	Phil Bickford	DET	-7
69	Wandy Peralta	SD	-6
70	Caleb Thielbar	CHC	-3
71	Zach Jackson T8		-5
72	Cionel Pérez		+1
73	Dillon Tate	SD	-8
74	Carl Edwards Jr.		+1
75	James Karinchak	ATL	-4
76	Reynaldo López	ATL	+16
77	Matt Bush		+UR
78	Jake Diekman		-16
79	Taylor Clarke	ARI	-11
80	Jose Cuas	KC	-16
81	José Alvarado	PHI	+3
82	Duane Underwood Jr.		+UR
83	Andrew Bellatti		-14
84	Matt Moore		-1
85	Keegan Akin	BAL	-
86	Robert Stephenson	LAA	+UR
87	Trevor Gott	WSH	+7
88	Dylan Floro		-1
89	Yerry De los Santos	NYY	+6
90	Hunter Harvey	CHC	+UR
91	Enyel De Los Santos	HOU	-15
92	Chris Martin	TEX	-4
93	Penn Murfee		-16
94	Bryan Abreu	HOU	-15
95	Joe Jiménez	ATL	-14
96	Junior Fernandez	ARI	-
97	Lucas Gilbreath	COL	-
98	Garrett Richards		+UR
99			-1
100	Nabil Crismatt	TEX	-1

 

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