Bullpen Report: September 14, 2016

Let’s throw another name into the mess known as the Giant’s bullpen. Derek Law was activated and pitched for the Giants for the first time since August 27th. He struck out the only batter he faced down 3-1 in the 9th, as Bochy said he will not use him high leverage situations just yet. Law has had a very strong year with a 1.93 ERA (2.30 WHIP), and could see some 9th inning chances as the season winds down and the Giants bullpen continues to struggle. For now, he is off the grid.

In that same game, the Padres bullpen shut-down the Giants over 2.2 innings allowing only a walk and striking out 5, leaving Brad Hand (17) and Ryan Buchter (18) with the holds, and Brandon Maurer (10) with the save.

Dellin Betances came into a tied game in the 9th and gave up two unearned runs after Starlin Castro made an error to open the inning and Justin Turner doubled for the lead. The Dodgers would add another run on a Fielder’s Choice for a 2 run lead. Kenley Jansen would get the 9th allowing 1 hit while striking out 3 Yankees for the save (44).

Fernando Salas gave up his first run as a Met when Wilson Ramos hit a solo bomb to break up the 0-0 tie. It was his only mistake as he pitched effectively the rest of the two innings he was on the hill. Mark Melancon came in for the save after giving up the go-ahead home run to T.J. Rivera on Tuesday, and as fate would have it, Melancon would face Rivera again for the final out. This time Rivera grounded out and Melancon got the save (42).

Quick Hits: Jeanmar Gomez escaped trouble against the Pirates for his 37th save. David Phelps made his 2nd appearance out of the pen after hitting the DL and earned the hold (23), while A.J. Ramos closed it out (36). Zach Britton (43), Edwin Diaz (16), and Francisco Rodriguez (42) were perfect in their save opportunities.

Closer Grid:

	Closer	First	Second	DL/Minors
Arizona	Daniel Hudson	Randall Delgado	Jake Barrett
Atlanta	Jim Johnson	Mauricio Cabrera	Ian Krol	Arodys Vizcaino
Baltimore	Zach Britton	Brad Brach	Mychal Givens	Darren O’Day
Boston	Craig Kimbrel	Koji Uehara	Brad Ziegler	Carson Smith
CHI (NL)	Aroldis Chapman	Hector Rondon	Justin Grimm.
CHI (AL)	David Robertson	Nate Jones	Matt Albers
Cincy	Tony Cingrani	Raisel Iglesias	Michael Lorenzen
Cleveland	Cody Allen	Andrew Miller	Bryan Shaw
Colorado	Adam Ottavino	Jake McGee	Carlos Estevez	Scott Oberg
Detroit	Francisco Rodriguez	Justin Wilson	Alex Wilson
Houston	Ken Giles	Luke Gregerson	Will Harris
KC	Wade Davis	Kelvin Herrera	Joakim Soria	Luke Hochevar
LAA	Andrew Bailey	Mike Morin	J.C. Ramirez	Cam Bedrosian
LAD	Kenley Jansen	Joe Blanton	Adam Liberatore
Miami	A.J. Ramos	Fernando Rodney	Kyle Barraclough
Milwaukee	Tyler Thornburg	Corey Knebel	Blaine Boyer
Minnesota	Brandon Kintzler	Ryan Pressly	Taylor Rogers	Glen Perkins
NY (NL)	Jeurys Familia	Addison Reed	Fernando Salas
NY (AL)	Dellin Betances	Tyler Clippard	Adam Warren
Oakland	Ryan Madson	Ryan Dull	John Axford
Philly	Jeanmar Gomez	Hector Neris	David Hernandez
Pittsburgh	Tony Watson	Neftali Feliz	Felipe Rivero
St. Louis	Seung Hwan Oh	Kevin Siegrist	Jonathan Broxton
SD	Brandon Maurer	Ryan Buchter	Brad Hand
SF	Hunter Strickland	Will Smith	Sergio Romo
Seattle	Edwin Diaz	Steve Cishek	Nick Vincent	Tom Wilhelmsen
TB	Alex Colome	Brad Boxberger	Xavier Cedeno
Texas	Sam Dyson	Jake Diekman	Matt Bush	Jeremy Jeffress
Toronto	Roberto Osuna	Jason Grilli	Joaquin Benoit
Wash.	Mark Melancon	Shawn Kelley	Blake Treinen

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