Bullpen Report: May 28, 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

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Clay Holmes, NYY: Three of the last four days; 15 pitches on Friday. | RosterResource

Righties Michael King and Miguel Castro and lefty Wandy Peralta are the top closing options if Holmes is unavailable on Saturday.

Dany Jiménez, OAK: Three of the last four days; 24 pitches on Friday. | RosterResource

Zach Jackson has also pitched three-of-four days, so his availability on Saturday is questionable. A.J. Puk, Domingo Acevedo and Lou Trivino should all be available, however.

Craig Kimbrel, LAD: 26 pitches on Friday. | RosterResource

Daniel Hudson, Brusdar Graterol and Alex Vesia should all be available Saturday.

Injury News

•None

Outlier Saves

Dennis Santana, TEX | RosterResource

Closer Joe Barlow evidently wasn’t available for a third straight day of work on Friday, so closing duties fell to Dennis Santana (rather than top setup man Matt Bush, which is another level of interesting). Santana had no issue shutting down the A’s, throwing a 1-2-3 inning, with ten of eleven pitches for strikes.

Santana’s been a solid contributor to the Rangers bullpen, allowing only two walks, six hits and three earned runs in 14 innings, which works out to a 1.93 ERA and brilliant 0.57 WHIP.

Committee Clarity

•None

Losing A Grip

•None

Not Very Stable
Hot Seat
Committee
Bullpen Report — 5/28/2022
Team Closer First Up Second Up Injured List
ARI Mark Melancon Ian Kennedy Joe Mantiply
ATL Kenley Jansen Will Smith A.J. Minter Tyler Matzek
BAL Jorge Lopez Felix Bautista Dillon Tate
BOS Hansel Robles Jake Diekman John Schreiber
CHC David Robertson Rowan Wick Mychal Givens
CWS Liam Hendriks Kendall Graveman Joe Kelly Aaron Bummer
CIN Art Warren Alexis Diaz Tony Santillan Lucas Sims
CLE Emmanuel Clase Trevor Stephan Bryan Shaw
COL Daniel Bard Tyler Kinley Alex Colome
DET Gregory Soto Alex Lange Andrew Chafin
HOU Ryan Pressly Rafael Montero Hector Neris
KC Scott Barlow Josh Staumont Amir Garrett
LAA Raisel Iglesias Ryan Tepera Aaron Loup
LAD Craig Kimbrel Daniel Hudson Brusdar Graterol Blake Treinen
MIA Anthony Bass Tanner Scott Cole Sulser Anthony Bender
MIL Josh Hader Devin Williams Trevor Gott 0
MIN Emilio Pagan Jhoan Duran Tyler Duffey Jorge Alcala
NYM Edwin Diaz Seth Lugo Drew Smith
NYY Clay Holmes Michael King Miguel Castro Aroldis Chapman
OAK Dany Jimenez AJ Puk Zach Jackson
PHI Corey Knebel Brad Hand Seranthony Dominguez
PIT David Bednar Chris Stratton Wil Crowe
STL Giovanny Gallegos Ryan Helsley Genesis Cabrera Alex Reyes
SD Taylor Rogers Luis Garcia Nabil Crismatt Drew Pomeranz
SF Camilo Doval John Brebbia Dominic Leone
SEA Paul Sewald Diego Castillo Andres Muñoz Ken Giles
TB J.P. Feyereisen Brooks Raley Jason Adam Andrew Kittredge
TEX Joe Barlow Matt Bush Brock Burke Jose Leclerc
TOR Jordan Romano Adam Cimber Yimi Garcia Tim Mayza
WSH Tanner Rainey Kyle Finnegan Carl Edwards Jr. Sean Doolittle





Jon Becker manages RosterResource's team payroll pages and assists with all other aspects of RosterResource, too. Follow him at your own peril on Twitter at @jonbecker_ and on BlueSky at @jon-becker.com.

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Kevin Newell
3 years ago

Robles 15-day DL – Back spasms

NicklePickersMember since 2016
3 years ago
Reply to  Kevin Newell

I was wondering why they let someone else blow the save yesterday. That’s the Robles Role!