Bullpen Report: April 28, 2016

Long after last evening’s Bullpen Report published, news broke of Huston Street landing on the disabled list with a strained oblique. Street first felt discomfort while warming up Wednesday and the Angels subsequently called upon right-hander Joe Smith in the ninth frame to convert a save. Smith surrendered a hit, but induced a game-ending double play courtesy of Mike Moustakas to earn his first save of the year on eight pitches (seven strikes).

Smith will be getting the save chances while Street is on the shelf — which could be up to a month, or more — so he’ll move left on the chart, while Street slides into the DL slot and Mike Morin or Jose Alvarez make their debut in the second chair. Although Smith should be stable, he is just 24-of-49 in save chances over his career. Eek. With that said, I’m going to move the Angels to yellow with the shakeup and until we learn more about the length of Street’s stay on the disabled list.

Another day, another solid outing by Jeanmar Gomez of the Phillies. With a three-run cushion, Gomez took the bump to to preserve the victory and allow Philly to move two games above .500. The right-hander surrendered a leadoff single to Ryan Zimmerman, but induced a flyout and a double play to escape the final frame unharmed to remain a perfect 7-for-7 in save opportunities this season. Gomez is 2-0 with seven saves, a 1.93 ERA (3.11 FIP) and a 7.09 K/9 in 14.1 innings of work.

Sean Doolittle appeared in the seventh-inning of the Athletics’ tilt with the Tigers in Detroit today. He issued a free pass, but fanned one in an otherwise uneventful day at the office. Ryan Madson followed with a clean frame of his own in the eighth, needing just 11 pitches (five strikes) to get through the minimum. And in that corner, Francisco Rodriguez was asked to clean up a bit of Blaine Hardy’s mess with two down and two ducks on the pond. A Stephen Vogt pop-out secured KRod’s fifth save in six opportunities this season and the 7-3 victory for Detroit. Tonight’s effort was the 391st save of Francisco Rodriguez’s career, pushing him ahead of Dennis Eckersley (390) and into sole position of sixth place all-time. Next up is Billy Wagner at 422.

Quick Hits: Arodys Vizcaino allowed an earned run on two hits, but struck out two to notch his second save on the year. To see how A.J. Ramos pitched, read the sentence above. Same exact line as Vizcaino, but has six notches in his belt compared to two. Brad Ziegler gave up a hit and a walk in the ninth, but escaped with his fifth save in as many chances for Arizona.

Closer Grid:

	Closer	First	Second	DL/Minors
Arizona	Brad Ziegler	Daniel Hudson	Tyler Clippard
Atlanta	Arodys Vizcaino	Jim Johnson	Jason Grilli
Baltimore	Zach Britton	Darren O’Day	Mychal Givens
Boston	Craig Kimbrel	Koji Uehara	Junichi Tazawa	Carson Smith
CHI (NL)	Hector Rondon	Pedro Strop	Justin Grimm
CHI (AL)	David Robertson	Nate Jones	Jacob Petricka
Cincy	Caleb Cotham	Tony Cingrani	Blake Wood	J.J. Hoover
Cleveland	Cody Allen	Bryan Shaw	Zach McAllister
Colorado	Jake McGee	Chad Qualls	Boone Logan	Miguel Castro
Detroit	Francisco Rodriguez	Mark Lowe	Justin Wilson	Bruce Rondon
Houston	Luke Gregerson	Ken Giles	Pat Neshek
KC	Wade Davis	Joakim Soria	Kelvin Herrera
LAA	Joe Smith	Fernando Salas	Jose Alvarez	Huston Street
LAD	Kenley Jansen	Chris Hatcher	Pedro Baez	Yimi Garcia
Miami	A.J. Ramos	David Phelps	Kyle Barraclough	Carter Capps
Milwaukee	Jeremy Jeffress	Michael Blazek	Tyler Thornburg	Will Smith
Minnesota	Kevin Jepsen	Casey Fien	Trevor May	Glen Perkins
NY (NL)	Jeurys Familia	Addison Reed	Hansel Robles
NY (AL)	Andrew Miller	Dellin Betances	Chasen Shreve	Aroldis Chapman
Oakland	Ryan Madson	Sean Doolittle	John Axford
Philly	Jeanmar Gomez	David Hernandez	Hector Neris
Pittsburgh	Mark Melancon	Tony Watson	Neftali Feliz
St. Louis	Trevor Rosenthal	Kevin Siegrist	Seung Hwan Oh
SD	Fernando Rodney	Brandon Maurer	Kevin Quackenbush
SF	Santiago Casilla	Hunter Strickland	Javier Lopez	Sergio Romo
Seattle	Steve Cishek	Joel Peralta	Tony Zych	Joaquin Benoit
TB	Alex Colome	Erasmo Ramirez	Xavier Cedeno	Brad Boxberger
Texas	Shawn Tolleson	Sam Dyson	Jake Diekman	Keone Kela
Toronto	Roberto Osuna	Drew Storen	Brett Cecil
Wash.	Jonathan Papelbon	Blake Treinen	Shawn Kelley

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