Bullpen Report: August 13, 2021

by Jon Becker

August 13, 2021

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Notable Workloads: Primary closers or valuable members of a closer committee who have been deemed unavailable or likely unavailable for the current day due to recent workload.
Injury News
Outlier Saves: Explanation for a non-closer earning a save during the previous day.
Committee Clarity: Notes on a closer committee that clarify a pitcher’s standing in the group.
Losing A Grip: Struggling closers who could be on the hot seat.

The “RosterResource” link will take you to the corresponding team’s RosterResource depth chart, which will give you a better picture of the full bullpen and results of the previous six days (pitch count, save, hold, win, loss, blown save).

Notable Workloads

•Ian Kennedy, PHI: 26 pitches on Thursday. | RosterResource

Archie Bradley and Héctor Neris both pitched Wednesday and Thursday, thought Neris will probably be available (Bradley threw 22 pitches Thursday). If both are unavailable along with Kennedy, Connor Brogdon and JD Hammer are the best bets.

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•Alex Reyes, STL: 24 pitches on Thursday. | RosterResource

Giovanny Gallegos threw 30 pitches on Thursday, so he probably isn’t available Friday, and Génesis Cabrera threw 25. That could leave Andrew Miller and Ryan Helsley as the best options.

Injury News

•Josh Hader, MIL: Activated from the COVID-19 IL (COVID-19) on Thursday. | RosterResource

The Brewers just kept rolling along without their lockdown closer, though they’re certainly happy to have Hader back. He ended up pitching the eighth on Thursday in a blowout win, though he’s certainly going to be back in his usual closing spot for tighter games. Hader’s been one of baseball’s best relievers this season, with a strikeout rate of 46% and a sub-10% walk rate. Devin Williams, Brent Suter and Brad Boxberger filled in for Hader with no issue and will now return to setup roles.

Outlier Saves

•None

Committee Clarity

•Liam Hendriks, CHW | RosterResource

Things didn’t go well for Hendriks at the Field of Dreams game on Thursday, as he allowed two two-run home runs to blow a three-run lead and his seventh save of the season. Nonetheless, it was another data point to show that he’s ahead of Craig Kimbrel in the pecking order, as Kimbrel once again had the eighth inning. Kimbrel is undoubtedly the top option to get saves on days Hendriks is unavailable, but he’s yet to pitch after Hendriks in any game they’ve both appeared in since being acquired from the Cubs.

Losing A Grip

•None

Click HERE to view the full Closer Depth Chart.

Not Very Stable

Hot Seat

Committee

Bullpen Report — 8/13/2021

Team	Closer	First Up	Second Up	Injured List
ARI	Tyler Clippard	Sean Poppen	Joe Mantiply	Noe Ramirez
ATL	Will Smith	Richard Rodriguez	Luke Jackson
BAL	Cole Sulser	Paul Fry	Dillon Tate
BOS	Matt Barnes	Adam Ottavino	Josh Taylor
CHC	Rowan Wick	Codi Heuer	Manuel Rodriguez
CWS	Liam Hendriks	Craig Kimbrel	Ryan Tepera
CIN	Mychal Givens	Michael Lorenzen	Lucas Sims
CLE	Emmanuel Clase	James Karinchak	Nick Sandlin
COL	Daniel Bard	Jhouys Chacin	Carlos Estevez
DET	Jose Cisnero	Gregory Soto	Michael Fulmer
HOU	Ryan Pressly	Kendall Graveman	Yimi Garcia
KC	Scott Barlow	Greg Holland	Jake Brentz
LAA	Raisel Iglesias	Mike Mayers	Steve Cishek
LAD	Kenley Jansen	Blake Treinen	Corey Knebel
MIA	Dylan Floro	Anthony Bender	Anthony Bass
MIL	Josh Hader	Devin Williams	Brad Boxberger
MIN	Alex Colome	Tyler Duffey	Caleb Thielbar	Taylor Rogers
NYM	Edwin Diaz	Seth Lugo	Trevor May
NYY	Jonathan Loaisiga	Chad Green	Zack Britton	Aroldis Chapman
OAK	Lou Trivino	Jake Diekman	Sergio Romo
PHI	Ian Kennedy	Archie Bradley	Hector Neris	Jose Alvarado
PIT	David Bednar	Chris Stratton	Chasen Shreve
STL	Alex Reyes	Giovanny Gallegos	Genesis Cabrera
SD	Mark Melancon	Emilio Pagan	Pierce Johnson	Drew Pomeranz
SF	Jake McGee	Tyler Rogers	Dominic Leone
SEA	Diego Castillo	Paul Sewald	Drew Steckenrider
TB	Andrew Kittredge	JT Chargois	Matt Wisler	Pete Fairbanks
TEX	Spencer Patton	Joe Barlow	Brett Martin
TOR	Jordan Romano	Brad Hand	Adam Cimber	Joakim Soria
WSH	Kyle Finnegan	Andres Machado	Ryne Harper