Bullpen Report: September 17, 2021

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September 17, 2021

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  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).

Notable Workloads

•Cole Sulser, BAL: 30 pitches on Thursday. | RosterResource

Co-closer Tyler Wells should be available Friday.

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•Andrew Chafin, OAK: 15 pitches on Thursday; 26 pitches on Wednesday. | RosterResource

Sergio Romo, Jake Diekman, Yusmeiro Petit and Lou Trivino are all very plausible substitute closers.

•Mychal Givens, CIN: 25 pitches on Thursday; eight pitches on Wednesday. | RosterResource

Michael Lorenzen and Lucas Sims have both worked back-to-back days as well. If those two and Givens aren’t available, Luis Cessa, Amir Garrett and Justin Wilson would seem to be the likeliest fill-in closers.

•Mark Melancon, SDP: Three straight days; 25 pitches on Thursday. | RosterResource

Probably not ideal for the Padres to be without their closer heading into a crucial series against the Cardinals, but they will be nonetheless. Pierce Johnson, Daniel Hudson and Emilio Pagán all have heavy workloads of late as well, which could leave Tim Hill, Craig Stammen or even Dinelson Lamet closing on Friday.

Injury News

•None

Outlier Saves

•None

Committee Clarity

•None

Losing A Grip

•None


Click HERE to view the full Closer Depth Chart.

Not Very Stable
Hot Seat
Committee
Bullpen Report — 9/17/2021
Team Closer First Up Second Up Injured List
ARI Tyler Clippard J.B. Wendelken Noe Ramirez
ATL Will Smith Tyler Matzek Luke Jackson
BAL Cole Sulser Tyler Wells Conner Greene Tanner Scott
BOS Adam Ottavino Garrett Whitlock Hansel Robles Matt Barnes
CHC Rowan Wick Codi Heuer Scott Effross
CWS Liam Hendriks Craig Kimbrel Aaron Bummer Ryan Tepera
CIN Mychal Givens Michael Lorenzen Lucas Sims Tejay Antone
CLE Emmanuel Clase Nick Wittgren Bryan Shaw
COL Carlos Estevez Daniel Bard Jhouys Chacin
DET Gregory Soto Michael Fulmer Kyle Funkhouser Jose Cisnero
HOU Ryan Pressly Ryne Stanek Kendall Graveman
KC Scott Barlow Domingo Tapia Josh Staumont
LAA Raisel Iglesias Mike Mayers Steve Cishek
LAD Kenley Jansen Blake Treinen Alex Vesia
MIA Dylan Floro Anthony Bender Anthony Bass
MIL Josh Hader Devin Williams Brad Boxberger
MIN Alex Colome Tyler Duffey Juan Minaya Taylor Rogers
NYM Edwin Diaz Seth Lugo Trevor May
NYY Aroldis Chapman Chad Green Clay Holmes Jonathan Loaisiga
OAK Andrew Chafin Sergio Romo Jake Diekman
PHI Ian Kennedy Jose Alvarado Hector Neris
PIT Chris Stratton Chad Kuhl Chasen Shreve David Bednar
STL Giovanny Gallegos Luis Garcia Alex Reyes
SD Mark Melancon Emilio Pagan Daniel Hudson
SF Jake McGee Tyler Rogers Dominic Leone
SEA Drew Steckenrider Paul Sewald Diego Castillo
TB Andrew Kittredge Pete Fairbanks Collin McHugh
TEX Joe Barlow Spencer Patton Brett Martin
TOR Jordan Romano Tim Mayza Adam Cimber
WSH Kyle Finnegan Andres Machado Ryne Harper





 

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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AnonMember since 2025
4 years ago

Don’t know that I would have taken the committee box off of Oakland. Chafin had a messy save on Wednesday and came in in the 8th yesterday in a 4-2 game. It’s not even like they brought him to face the top of the order or a bunch of lefties, it was to face 4-5-6 and L-S-R (& more importantly, none of them were Sal Perez). They were saving Romo for the save (though they added 3 runs in the top of the 9th to make it a non-save situation)

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