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The 2023 version of the 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.

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American League

Angels

• C.J. Cron started four straight at 1B while hitting third (all against righties).

• Randal Grichuk also started four straight since the trade while batting from 5th to 7th. Read the rest of this entry »

The Scout Girl episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Andrea Arcadipane

Strategy Section

• How to do an in-depth player analysis
  • What stats / components to look for
  • Hitters vs. Pitchers
  • Pre-season vs. in-season
  • Veterans vs. Rookies
• How to detect undervalued players for stolen bases
  • Players who read pitchers well
  • Organizational philosophies
  • Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
  • Pitchers who are easy to run on
  • Catchers who are easy / difficult to run on

Trade Deadline Wrap-up

• Quick thoughts
• Major prospects traded
• Players who gained or lost value as a result of the MLB deadline deals
  • NL East
  • NL Central
  • NL West
  • AL East
  • AL Central
  • AL West

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Baseball is a silly game:

A base hit, but not a base hit? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/RsT37Tyklb

— Cut4 (@Cut4) August 3, 2023

On the Agenda:
1. Sleeper and the Bust DK Contest
2. Closer Chaos
4. Quick Hits
5. Various News and Notes
6. Streaming Pitchers
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Daily SP Chart archive

The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness over the last 30 days, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a risky stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

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Note: With The Athletic cutting many of their small market reporters, I subscribed to PressReader to get more and varied news. All of the info will be from newspapers so I’m just going to give the newspaper and author credit with no link.

American League

Astros

• Yainer Diaz will at least catch games when Hunter Brown pitches.

For most of this week, though, Diaz’s role has been what Baker described as a pinch hitter, and as someone who he will catch with “designated” pitchers. Diaz caught fellow rookie Hunter Brown on Saturday, guiding him through six innings of two-run ball. After the game, Baker intimated the battery will stay intact for the foreseeable future.

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This season, Blake Snell has the highest walk rate among qualified starters at 13.4%. The league average mark among starters is 7.9%. Yet, Snell has a very solid 2.61 ERA (3.89 xERA) and is allowing only a .197 batting average against his opponents this season. His 1.27 WHIP is actually below the league average (1.31) because of how well he is limiting hits. This is not a new thing for Blake Snell. He has run up his BB% to an even higher peak before:

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Daily SP Chart archive

The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness over the last 30 days, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a risky stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

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8/2/23

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Brendan Donovan done for the year

TRADE DEADLINE MOVES

• Justin Verlander to the Astros
  • Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford to the Mets
• Tommy Pham to the Diamondbacks
  • Jeremy Rodriguez to the Mets
• Jack Flaherty to the Orioles
  • Drew Rom, César Prieto, Zack Showalter to the Cardinals
• Michael Lorenzen to the Phillies

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I ranked all trade deadline-affected batters (Paul is doing the pitchers) by how much their 2023 redraft league fantasy value increased or decreased (NOT OVERALL VALUE). The list includes every traded hitter (back to July 21st) and those guys who saw changes in value but stayed with their team.

Value Up

Jeimer Candelario (WSN->CHC): Team and park upgrade along with him playing first base.

Jeimer Candelario will play 1b on a regular basis with the Cubs, per David Ross.

— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) August 1, 2023

Carlos Santana (PIT->MIL): Milwaukee’s first base job is his. Read the rest of this entry »