Bullpen Report: May 21, 2022

The 2022 version of 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

•Giovanny Gallegos, STL: Three of the last four days; 21 pitches on Friday. | RosterResource

Co-closer Ryan Helsley should be available Saturday.

Injury News

•None

Outlier Saves

•Will Smith, ATL | RosterResource

Even with the Braves off Thursday, it looks like Friday was just another day off for Kenley Jansen, who pitched Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday, shouldering a heavy load. So it was Smith who got the save chance on Friday, working a 1-2-3 inning with two strikeouts for his second save of the year. He’s transitioned nicely back into a setup role, with a 3.38 ERA in 16 innings, with 14 strikeouts, though he’s walked seven hitters too.

•Robert Suarez, SDP | RosterResource

Closer Taylor Rogers, who’s been brilliant in leading MLB in saves with 15, threw 33 pitches on Thursday, leaving him unavailable on Friday. The Padres first attempted to close things out with Luis García in the ninth, but he gave up two runs to cough up the lead. After the Padres retook the lead with two runs in the tenth, it was Suarez’s turn. He allowed the zombie runner on second to score but nothing else, to earn his first MLB save after picking up 42 last year in NPB.

Suarez has been solid in his first MLB action, with a 3.86 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 16.1 innings.

Committee Clarity

•None

Losing A Grip

•None