Bullpen Report: April 3, 2017

Welcome back to another season of the Bullpen Report here at RotoGraphs. As the second day of regular season games come to a close, we felt the need to catch up with you all, run the closer chart, provide some general thoughts about how we will proceed with the chart this season and provide a couple of tidbits of news and analysis from the handful of games already in the books.

With respect to the chart:

-This is as an item that we’re looking to overhaul in the coming weeks. While the chart in its current state serves a purpose, we’ll be looking to upgrade the aesthetics and opportunities to provide additional details. A new color (orange?) will be added for teams that appear to be utilizing “true” committees. We’ll also be altering the wording in the final column for each team — simply to reflect a noteworthy reliever that may not be active for one reason or another (disabled list, minors, paternity leave, suspension etc…). If you have a reasonable suggestion for any future modification of the chart please drop it in the comments and we may consider it. No promises.

-If by chance a team has more than one reliever that would normally have a place on this chart is not currently active, only the most fantasy-relevant arm will be listed in the final column.

Catching up on some old news:

-To the surprise of many, the Nationals officially named Blake Treinen their ninth-inning man, not Shawn Kelley or the trendy Koda Glover. Treinen notched his first save of the season this evening, making quick work (17 pitches) of the Marlins Giancarlo Stanton, Justin Bour and Marcell Ozuna.

–Cam Bedrosian currently carries the Angels’ closer tag and could very well run with it if he continues to pitch well and/or Huston Street’s injury issues continue. Street is currently on the 10-day disabled list, but has been medically cleared to resume baseball activities following a strained lat suffered early in March during the Cactus League. I’m still trying to get more shares of Bedrosian where possible at this time, for what it’s worth.

-Blue Jays’ closer Roberto Osuna is not expected be out beyond his stint on the 10-day disabled list due to a cervical spasm. In his stead, the Blue Jays will mix-and-match ninth-inning responsibilities between Jason Grilli and Joe Biagini. Own them in that order if need be.

Tonight’s Tid-Bits:

Up one run in the eighth-inning, the Rockies called Adam Ottavino to the bump to face the bottom of the Brewers’ order. Ottavino surrendered a pair of free passes but fanned the side in a scoreless frame. Greg Holland took the hill in the bottom half of the ninth to face the top of Milwaukee’s lineup (Villar/Thames/Braun). Holland issued a leadoff walk, but induced an Eric Thames lineout and a double play ball (thanks to Nolan Arenado) off the bat of Ryan Braun to earn his first save of the year and first save since the ‘15 season. He’s Colorado’s closer, it seems.

–Craig Kimbrel, Ken Giles, Santiago Casilla, Jeanmar Gomez and Cody Allen each earned their first saves of ‘17. Despite Gomez’s save for Philadelphia, their skipper is already going public about the right-hander’s short leash. Joaquin Benoit and trendy Hector Neris are the obvious names to keep tabs here. More on this situation tomorrow. For Oakland, Ryan Madson saw the eighth and Casilla took the ball in the ninth, so this could very well be an orange situation in Oakland in tomorrow’s edition of the BR.

Despite this evening’s brief effort, it’s good to be back folks. As always, if you have any questions, comments or bad jokes, leave them in the comments or share them with me on Twitter.

Closer Grid:

	Closer	First	Second	DL/Minors
Arizona	Fernando Rodney	Randall Delgado	Tom Wilhelmsen
Atlanta	Jim Johnson	Arodys Vizcaino	Jose Rmairez	Mauricio Cabrera
Baltimore	Zach Britton	Brad Brach	Darren O’Day
Boston	Craig Kimbrel	Joe Kelly	Matt Barnes	Carson Smith
CHI (NL)	Wade Davis	Carl Edwards Jr.	Koji Uehara
CHI (AL)	David Robertson	Nate Jones	Dan Jennings
Cincy	Raisel Iglesias	Drew Storen	Michael Lorenzen
Cleveland	Cody Allen	Andrew Miller	Bryan Shaw
Colorado	Greg Holland	Adam Ottavino	Jake McGee
Detroit	Francisco Rodriguez	Justin Wilson	Bruce Rondon
Houston	Ken Giles	Luke Gregerson	Will Harris
KC	Kelvin Herrera	Matt Strahm	Joakim Soria
LAA	Cam Bedrosian	Andrew Bailey	J.C. Ramirez	Huston Street
LAD	Kenley Jansen	Sergio Romo	Pedro Baez
Miami	A.J. Ramos	Brad Ziegler	Kyle Barraclough
Milwaukee	Neftali Feliz	Corey Knebel	Carlos Torres>
Minnesota	Brandon Kintzler	Ryan Pressly	Matt Belisle	Glen Perkins
NY (NL)	Addison Reed	Fernando Salas	Hansel Robles	Jeurys Familia
NY (AL)	Aroldis Chapman	Dellin Betances	Tyler Clippard
Oakland	Ryan Madson	Santiago Casilla	Sean Doolittle
Philly	Jeanmar Gomez	Hector Neris	Joaquin Benoit
Pittsburgh	Tony Watson	Daniel Hudson	Felipe Rivero
St. Louis	Seung Hwan Oh	Kevin Siegrist	Jonathan Broxton
SD	Brandon Maurer	Ryan Buchter	Brad Hand	Carter Capps
SF	Mark Melancon	Hunter Strickland	Derek Law
Seattle	Edwin Diaz	Dan Altavilla	Nick Vincent	Steve Cishek
TB	Alex Colome	Tommy Hunter	Xavier Cedeno	Brad Boxberger
Texas	Sam Dyson	Matt Bush	Jeremy Jeffress
Toronto	Joe Biagini	Jason Grilli	Joe Smith	Roberto Osuna
Wash.	Blake Treinen	Shawn Kelley	Koda Glover

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