Bullpen Report: Friday, September 18, 2015

Ugh. Greg Holland blew another one on Friday night. He hit 95 mph, so that’s good news, but he gave up three hits, a pair of walks and two runs. He’s still getting save opps, so I guess you should stick with him.

The Box was only slightly funky tonight. He got credit for the save, but gave up a solo shot to stick him with an ERA of 9.00 for the effort.

Arodys Vizcaino struck out the side for his fifth save of the year. I have him on my roster for saves, but I’m in like last place.

Tom Wilhelmsen got his 12th save and probably made all of the Ranger fans sad by locking down his 12th save.
I swear I pimped Ryan Dull like a month ago! He just got his first save, so if you picked him up then on my reco, big ups to you. You have one extra save.

John Axford nabbed his 24th save on Friday night.

Notes from Wednesday: Trevor Rosenthal and Andrew Miller both struck out the side in perfect ninths on Wednesday night. Kevin Jepsen blew a save, but Glen Perkins was slated to be ready Friday night. Unfortunately, he was grounded by Mother Nature, as rains postponed the Twins. Craig Kimbrel added 1.3 scoreless to his ledger, also striking out three. Kenley Jansen got back on track, striking out a pair in his scoreless frame, nabbing his 32nd save. Tom Wilhemsen(11) and Santiago Casilla(34) each notched saves on humpday.
Notes from Thursday: David Robertson blew another save, giving up three runs, with a Billy Butler three-run shot being his undoing. Sean Doolittle pitched two innings(!), for the win. A.J. Ramos picked up his 28th save, and Darren O’Day picked up his third. Alex Colome had his first real hiccup out of the pen, as he surrendered four earned on five hits and a walk. Greg Holland got a three-pitch, three-out save and he only topped 91.5 mph with the heater. He did get save 32 though. Huston Street has 36 saves!

Closer Grid:

	Closer	First	Second	DL/Minors
Arizona	Brad Ziegler	Daniel Hudson	David Hernandez
Atlanta	Arodys Vizcaino	Edwin Jackson	Andrew McKirahan	Jason Grilli
Baltimore	Zach Britton	Darren O’Day	Brad Brach
Boston	Robbie Ross	Junichi Tazawa	Jean Machi	Koji Uehara
CHI (NL)	Hector Rondon	Pedro Strop	Justin Grimm
CHI (AL)	David Robertson	Nate Jones	Jacob Petricka
Cincy	Aroldis Chapman	J.J. Hoover	Ryan Mattheus
Cleveland	Cody Allen	Bryan Shaw	Zach McAllister
Colorado	John Axford	Jairo Diaz	Christian Friedrich
Detroit	Bruce Rondon	Alex Wilson	Al Albuerquerque	Joe Nathan
Houston	Luke Gregerson	Pat Neshek	Chad Qualls
KC	Greg Holland	Wade Davis	Kelvin Herrera
LAA	Huston Street	Joe Smith	Fernando Salas
LAD	Kenley Jansen	Chris Hatcher	Jim Johnson
Miami	A.J. Ramos	Mike Dunn	Kyle Barraclough	Carter Capps
Milwaukee	Francisco Rodriguez	Will Smith	Jeremy Jeffress
Minnesota	Kevin Jepsen	Trevor May	Glen Perkins
NY (NL)	Jeurys Familia	Tyler Clippard	Addison Reed
NY (AL)	Andrew Miller	Dellin Betances	Justin Wilson
Oakland	Sean Doolittle	Drew Pomeranz	Fernando Rodriguez
Philly	Ken Giles	Luis Garcia	Jeanmar Gomez
Pittsburgh	Mark Melancon	Joakim Soria	Tony Watson
St. Louis	Trevor Rosenthal	Kevin Siegrist	Steve Cishek
SD	Craig Kimbrel	Joaquin Benoit	Shawn Kelley	Brendan Maurer
SF	Santiago Casilla	Sergio Romo	Hunter Strickland
Seattle	Tom Wilhelmsen	Carson Smith	Logan Kensing
TB	Brad Boxberger	Alex Colome	Steve Geltz	Jake McGee
Texas	Shawn Tolleson	Keone Kela	Jake Diekman	Tanner Scheppers
Toronto	Roberto Osuna	Aaron Sanchez	Brett Cecil
Wash.	Jonathan Papelbon	Casey Janssen	Matt Thornton	Drew Storen

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