Bullpen Report: July 22, 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

•Ryan Pressly, HOU: Three straight days; 16 pitches on Friday. | RosterResource

No shot Pressly is available on Saturday. Hector Neris and Bryan Abreu should both be available to close.

•Paul Sewald, SEA: 22 pitches on Friday; 15 pitches on Thursday. | RosterResource

Andrés Muñoz hasn’t appeared since Wednesday, and Justin Topa and Matt Brash are also options to sub for Sewald.

•Pete Fairbanks, TBR: 15 pitches on Friday; 19 pitches on Thursday. | RosterResource

Jason Adam didn’t pitch Friday and should be good to go on Saturday.

•Jordan Romano, TOR: 12 pitches on Friday; 9 pitches on Thursday. | RosterResource

Romano’s been economical in his back-to-back appearances, but he rarely pitches three games in a row and is coming off back stiffness that took him out of the All-Star Game. Erik Swanson is likely unavailable as well after 39 pitches between Thursday and Friday, which leaves Yimi García and Tim Mayza as the likeliest closers.

Injury News

•None

Outlier Saves

•Kirby Yates, ATL | RosterResource

Raisel Iglesias threw 22 pitches on Thursday and pitched Tuesday and Sunday as well, so he took a breather on Friday. Yates began his fill-in outing admirably, striking out the first two batters he faced before issuing a couple walks to set up an epic 11-pitch battle with Blake Perkins that culminated in a strikeout. The save was Yates’s second of the season.

Committee Clarity

•None

Losing A Grip

•None