Bullpen Report: August 14, 2023

The 2023 version of the Bullpen Report includes five different sections, as well as the closer chart, which can be found at the bottom of the page.

We will always include a link to the full Closer Depth Chart at the bottom of the Bullpen Report each day. It’s also accessible from the RosterResource drop-down menu and from any RosterResource page. Please let us know what you think.

1. 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.
2. Injury News
3. Outlier Saves: Explanation for a non-closer earning a save during the previous day.
4. Committee Clarity: Notes on a closer committee that clarify a pitcher’s standing in the group.
5. 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).

Click HERE to view the full Closer Depth Chart.

Notable Workloads

•Clay Holmes, NYY: 23 pitches on Sunday. | RosterResource

23 pitches normally isn’t worth a write-up, but Holmes was so off his game on Sunday that he might get a day to reset. Tommy Kahnle, Wandy Peralta, Jonathan Loaísiga, and Keynan Middleton are all options to close.

•Andrés Muñoz, SEA: 16 pitches on Sunday; 18 pitches on Saturday. | RosterResource

Matt Brash and Justin Topa should both be available Monday if Muñoz isn’t.

•Paul Sewald, ARI: 22 pitches on Sunday; 12 pitches on Saturday. | RosterResource

Kevin Ginkel worked back-to-back games including 30 pitches on Sunday, so no way he’s available Monday. That’d leave Miguel Castro, Kyle Nelson, and Scott McGough as the top closing options if Sewald’s unavailable.

Injury News

•None

Outlier Saves

•Shintaro Fujinami, BAL | RosterResource

The Orioles were set on avoiding Félix Bautista after his brilliant 28-pitch, two-inning, four-strikeout effort on Saturday, which made Mike Baumann the first to try closing, but he blew it in the ninth by giving up a massive homer to Dominic Canzone with two outs. Cedric Mullins, who’d robbed a homer from Ty France right before Canzone’s blast, homered in the top of the tenth to give the O’s a 5-3 lead. Fujinami then came on for his first career save, throwing just six of 12 pitches for strikes but ultimately retiring all three batters faced for his first career save.

•Daniel Duarte, CIN | RosterResource

The Reds were running low on options by the time Duarte took the mound in the bottom of the tenth, as he was their seventh pitcher used during game two of the doubleheader. He didn’t have an easy task, with just a one-run lead and the zombie runner on second, but set the Pirates down 1-2-3 for the first save of his young career.

Committee Clarity

•None

Losing A Grip

•None