Bullpen Report: June 21, 2021 by Jon Becker June 21, 2021 NEW FEATURE ALERT! We have added an upgraded version of RosterResource’s Closer Depth Chart to FanGraphs. Read more about it here. 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. 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 •James Karinchak, CLE: 23 pitches on Sunday; 21 pitches on Saturday. | RosterResource Emmanuel Clase is the top candidate to close on Monday if needed. •Hansel Robles, MIN: Three straight days; 13 pitches on Sunday. | RosterResource Co-closer Taylor Rogers is the likeliest to finish Monday’s game in a save opportunity, but if he’s needed earlier, Tyler Duffey, Jorge Alcala and Alex Colomé are options as well. Injury News •None Outlier Saves •Tyler Chatwood, TOR | RosterResource Jordan Romano threw 28 pitches over two innings (with a long layoff in between those innings) on Saturday, so it figured that he’d be unavailable on Sunday. As such, the closing duties fell to the enigmatic Chatwood, who entering Sunday had walked 14% of batters faced. It looked like the Blue Jays might be in for another headache from the bullpen when Chatwood walked the first batter he faced, but he righted the ship and retired the next three hitters on ground balls to earn his first save as a Blue Jay and the fifth of his career. Romano should be available for the Jays’ next contest on Tuesday. •Brad Boxberger, MIL | RosterResource It would appear that Josh Hader was simply unavailable on Sunday after working both Friday and Saturday, so Boxberger was brought in for the save chance after the Brewers took a one-run lead in the top of the ninth. Boxberger gave up a two-out single to bring Charlie Blackmon to the plate as the go-ahead run, but retired Blackmon to earn his third save of the season. Devin Williams is still the Brew Crew’s top setup option and has been especially good as of late, but manager Craig Counsell may prefer to keep him in that role even on days Hader isn’t available. Williams doesn’t yet have a save on the year. Committee Clarity •None Losing A Grip •None Click HERE to view the full Closer Depth Chart. Not Very Stable Hot Seat Committee Bullpen Report — 6/20/2021 Team Closer First Up Second Up Injured List ARI Stefan Crichton Joakim Soria Noe Ramirez ATL Will Smith Chris Martin Luke Jackson BAL Paul Fry Hunter Harvey Tanner Scott BOS Matt Barnes Adam Ottavino Darwinzon Hernandez CHC Craig Kimbrel Ryan Tepera Andrew Chafin Rowan Wick CWS Liam Hendriks Aaron Bummer Evan Marshall CIN Lucas Sims Heath Hembree Sean Doolittle Tejay Antone CLE Emmanuel Clase James Karinchak Bryan Shaw COL Daniel Bard Carlos Estevez Mychal Givens DET Michael Fulmer Gregory Soto Jose Cisnero HOU Ryan Pressly Ryne Stanek Brooks Raley KC Greg Holland Scott Barlow Josh Staumont LAA Raisel Iglesias Steve Cishek Tony Watson LAD Kenley Jansen Blake Treinen Victor Gonzalez MIA Yimi Garcia Dylan Floro Anthony Bass MIL Josh Hader Devin Williams Brent Suter MIN Hansel Robles Taylor Rogers Jorge Alcala NYM Edwin Diaz Seth Lugo Trevor May NYY Aroldis Chapman Zack Britton Chad Green OAK Lou Trivino Jake Diekman Yusmeiro Petit J.B. Wendelken PHI Hector Neris Jose Alvarado Sam Coonrod PIT Richard Rodriguez Kyle Crick David Bednar STL Alex Reyes Giovanny Gallegos Genesis Cabrera SD Mark Melancon Emilio Pagan Austin Adams Drew Pomeranz SF Tyler Rogers Jake McGee Zack Littell SEA Kendall Graveman Drew Steckenrider Anthony Misiewicz TB Diego Castillo Pete Fairbanks J.P. Feyereisen TEX Ian Kennedy Josh Sborz Brett Martin TOR Jordan Romano Tyler Chatwood Anthony Castro Rafael Dolis WSH Brad Hand Tanner Rainey Wander Suero Daniel Hudson