Bullpen Report: Sunday April 26, 2015

What an uneventful day for bullpens. Like zero things changed. Tony Cingrani pitched two frames for the Reds, his first action in forever. I can see him pitching the seventh for the Reds in the near future. Hector Rondon garnered his fourth save for the Cubs, following Pedro Strop and his sore foot.

David Robertson struck out the side and picked up the win in the White Sox suspended victory over the Royals. He gave up two hits, but grabbed his third save in the second game with K.C. Huge day for Robertson. I bet he called his parents tonight and was all, “I got a win and a save today!”. They should be hella proud.

Tyler Clippard was on waivers in one of my leagues. I wish I had him, but I’m not sad I didn’t get saddled with his two earned and the loss Sunday. Tony Sipp slurped up his second win, and Luke Gregerson saved his fourth game for the Astros.

Craig Kimbrel has six saves for the Padres. Jason Grilli has seven. I would imagine that Kimbrel makes that gap a little bigger as the summer progresses. Joaquin Benoit got his fourth hold, and made everyone smile.

Notes from Saturday: Trevor Rosenthal had pitched three days in a row, so Seth Maness picked up the save on Saturday. Jordan Walden also had the day off. Sergio Casilla blew the save for the Giants on Saturday, and with a plus three ERA, I don’t know how long his leash is. Romo could be a decent sneaky grab. Huston Street nabbed his seventh save. Glen Perkins achieved his fourth save.

Of Note:Greg Holland(pectoral) will play catch today. I wish someone would play catch with me. Cody Allen is making us all sad. Funny how baseball is, Allen and Joakim Soria both give up an earned run, Soria gets his seventh save and Allen continues to make us cross. There’s a huge line of people in the Jonathan Papelbon fan club. He got his fourth save on Sunday, with Ken Giles getting a hold. Too bad Luis Garcia is on the Phillies, because he’d be fun to watch on a contender. Francisco Rodriguez earned his third save on Sunday. Neftali Feliz went two innings to get the win on Sunday. Glen Perkins made all of Minnesota smile as he saved his fifth for the Twins.

Closer Grid:

	Closer	First	Second	DL/Minors
Arizona	Addison Reed	Evan Marshall	Brad Ziegler
Atlanta	Jason Grilli	Jim Johnson	Luis Avilan
Baltimore	Zach Britton	Darren O’Day	Tommy Hunter
Boston	Koji Uehara	Junichi Tazawa	Edward Mujica
CHI (NL)	Hector Rondon	Pedro Strop	Jason Motte
CHI (AL)	David Robertson	Jacob Petricka	Zach Duke
Cincy	Aroldis Chapman	Jumbo Diaz	Tony Cingrani	Sean Marshall
Cleveland	Cody Allen	Bryan Shaw	Scott Atchison
Colorado	Adam Ottavino	Rafael Betancourt	John Axford	LaTroy Hawkins
Detroit	Joakim Soria	Al Alburquerque	Joba Chamberlain	Joe Nathan
Houston	Luke Gregerson	Chad Qualls	Pat Neshek
KC	Wade Davis	Kelvin Herrera	Ryan Madson	Greg Holland
LAA	Huston Street	Joe Smith	Vinnie Pestano
LAD	Joel Peralta	Chris Hatcher	Pedro Baez	Kenley Jansen
Miami	Steve Cishek	A.J. Ramos	Mike Dunn
Milwaukee	Francisco Rodriguez	Jonathan Broxton	Will Smith
Minnesota	Glen Perkins	Caleb Thielbar	Casey Fien
NY (NL)	Jeurys Familia	Carlos Torres	Buddy Carlyle	Jenrry Mejia
NY (AL)	Andrew Miller	Dellin Betances	David Carpenter
Oakland	Tyler Clippard	Eric O’Flaherty	Dan Otero	Sean Doolittle
Philly	Jonathan Papelbon	Ken Giles	Luis Garcia
Pittsburgh	Mark Melancon	Tony Watson	Jared Hughes
St. Louis	Trevor Rosenthal	Jordan Walden	Seth Maness
SD	Craig Kimbrel	Joaquin Benoit	Dale Thayer	Kevin Quackenbush
SF	Santiago Casilla	Sergio Romo	Jeremy Affeldt
Seattle	Fernando Rodney	Danny Farquhar	Yoervis Medina
TB	Brad Boxberger	Kevin Jepsen	Ernesto Frieri	Jake McGee
Texas	Neftali Feliz	Shawn Tolleson	Keone Kela	Tanner Scheppers
Toronto	Miguel Castro	Brett Cecil	Roberto Osuna	Steve Delabar
Wash.	Drew Storen	Aaron Barrett	Blake Treinen	Casey Janssen

[Green light, yellow light, red light: the colors represent the volatility of the bullpen order.]