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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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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.

Recent Top 150 SP Rankings

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7/30/23

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

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Notable Transactions/News/Rumors

• Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly traded to the Dodgers
• Kendall Graveman traded to Houston
  • Who closes in Chicago?
• Max Scherzer to the Rangers
• Trevor Story could return next week
• Taylor Ward to the IL with facial fractures
• Jonah Heim to the IL
  • Mitch Garver

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• Marco Luciano
• Matt Wallner
• Oscar Gonzalez
• Masyn Winn
• Yimi García
• Robert Suarez
• Giovanny Gallegos
• Steven Matz

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Approximately 54 minutes of joyous analysis.

In the article, I cover the players using CBS’s (about 40% or less initial roster rate) and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both hosting sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. The players are ordered for redraft leagues by my rest-of-season preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters. Read the rest of this entry »

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.

Read the rest of this entry »

7/28/23

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

• Lucas Giolito to LAA
  • Jared Walsh DFA’d
  • Edgar Quero to CWS
• Amed Rosario to LAD
  • For Thor
• Gabriel Arias to SS
• Enrique Hernández back to LAD
• David Robertson & Jorge López to MIA – will either close?
  • Mets backfill – Adam Ottavino/Brooks Raley 레일리
• Carlos Santana to MIL

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We all knew this season would be different. New rules have changed the accumulation of statistics for some players slightly and we knew that would happen during the draft season. We didn’t know exactly what we should be doing about it. If everyone is stealing more bases, then who do you draft? Ronald Acuña Jr., that’s who.

Since the 2011 season, only nine players have finished the year with at least 50 stolen bases and only four players have finished with at least 60. Dee Strange-Gordon stole 64 bases in 2014 and 60 bases in 2017, Jonathan Villar stole 62 in 2016,  and Michael Bourn stole 61 in 2011. This season, in 2023, both Ronald Acuña Jr. (78) and Esteury Ruiz (67) are on pace (Games Played %) to join the list. If Acuña keeps pace, he’ll be only the fourth player this century to steal at least 70 bases, joining José Reyes (78 in 2007), Scott Podsednik (70 in 2004), and Jacoby Ellsbury (70 in 2009).

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Votto holds nothing back

"You are the best, I love you."@JoeyVotto showers @MadDogUnleashed with love, debates top 5 Yankees and talks about the @Reds push for the Postseason. #HighHeat pic.twitter.com/DuwzyVC695

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) July 27, 2023

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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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