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Spin-Vestigation! II: The De-Whiffening

With the so-called “sticky-stuff” memo getting released almost exactly one year ago, it seems about time to take another peek at which pitchers have been spinning the ball less since the crackdown was announced and how much (if any) their stuff and/or results have been affected since. Read the rest of this entry »


Bullpen Report: June 4, 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.

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Boxscore Bits: June 3rd, 2022

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Thursday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Sandy Alcantara MIA 7 3 0 0 0 2 8 25 0.00 0.71 1 98 97.9 8%
2 Nestor Cortes NYY 7 5 0 0 0 2 7 27 0.00 1.00 1 91.8 13%
3 Tony Gonsolin LAD 6 2 0 0 0 1 5 21 0.00 0.50 1 92.9 11%
4 Reid Detmers LAA 4.1 5 0 0 0 3 4 20 0.00 1.85 0 92.9 8%
5 Jameson Taillon NYY 8 2 1 1 0 0 5 26 1.13 0.25 1 94.2 94.6 10%
6 Graham Ashcraft CIN 7 4 1 1 1 1 5 26 1.29 0.71 1 97.8 97.9 12%
7 Sean Manaea SDP 6 5 1 1 0 2 8 24 1.50 1.17 0 91.2 15%
8 Corey Kluber TBR 6 4 1 1 1 0 4 21 1.50 0.67 1 88.6 12%
9 Adrian Houser MIL 5 5 1 1 0 3 5 23 1.80 1.60 0 94.9 94.3 8%
10 Chris Archer MIN 5 3 1 1 0 1 3 18 1.80 0.80 0 92.6 9%
11 Taijuan Walker NYM 5.2 7 2 2 0 1 2 24 3.18 1.41 0 94.3 92 11%
12 Alex Wood SFG 5.1 4 2 2 0 2 5 21 3.38 1.13 0 92.2 9%
13 Alek Manoah TOR 7.2 6 3 3 0 1 5 29 3.52 0.91 1 93.7 92.8 6%
14 Alex Faedo DET 5 5 2 2 0 2 5 22 3.60 1.40 0 92.5 12%
15 Johnny Cueto CHW 6 7 4 3 1 0 5 25 4.50 1.17 0 90.5 91.1 8%
16 Joan Adon WSN 5.1 6 3 3 1 4 4 24 5.06 1.88 0 94.8 3%
17 Keegan Thompson CHC 5.1 5 3 3 0 3 3 23 5.06 1.50 1 94.2 94.4 5%
18 Chris Flexen 플렉센 SEA 5 6 3 3 0 1 3 22 5.40 1.40 0 91.3 5%
19 Taylor Hearn TEX 4 6 3 3 0 4 3 22 6.75 2.50 0 94.8 94.1 8%
20 Jordan Lyles BAL 5 9 5 4 0 2 3 23 7.20 2.20 0 92.5 91.5 7%
21 Ian Anderson ATL 6 10 5 5 2 1 9 27 7.50 1.83 1 94.1 14%
22 Matthew Liberatore STL 3.1 6 4 4 3 3 1 19 10.80 2.70 0 92.3 92.2 10%
23 Shohei Ohtani LAA 3 8 4 4 3 1 2 17 12.00 3.00 0 97.5 4%
24 Austin Gomber COL 5 10 9 9 2 2 5 27 16.20 2.40 0 90.9 10%
Sorted by ERA

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Roto Riteup: June 3, 2022

This is really cool:

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Bullpen Report: June 3, 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.

  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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Beat the Shift Podcast – AL East Episode w/ Jason Collette

The AL East Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Guest: Jason Collette

Strategy Section

  • Is it time yet to think about punting categories in roto leagues?
    • Punt speed? Punt saves?
    • Punt ERA?
  • How do you know when to use the waiver wire vs. resorting to a trade?

Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1060 – Memorial Day Mock Draft

6/1/22

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Bullpen Report: June 2, 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.

  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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Boxscore Bits: June 1st, 2022

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Thursday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Tuesday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Adam Wainwright STL 7 2 0 0 0 1 10 24 0.00 0.43 0 88.9 89.6 7%
2 Martín Pérez TEX 7 3 0 0 0 0 5 24 0.00 0.43 1 93.6 92.9 8%
3 Luis Castillo CIN 6 1 0 0 0 3 10 21 0.00 0.67 1 96.6 98.1 19%
4 George Kirby SEA 6 4 0 0 0 1 8 23 0.00 0.83 1 95.7 13%
5 Michael Wacha BOS 5.2 3 1 0 0 0 3 21 0.00 0.53 0 93.7 93.7 11%
6 Trevor Williams NYM 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 20 0.00 1.00 1 90.1 88.2 8%
7 Joey Wentz DET 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 13 0.00 0.25 0 93.9 13%
8 Jordan Montgomery NYY 7 4 1 1 1 1 4 25 1.29 0.71 1 93.5 92.6 10%
9 Jakob Junis SFG 4.1 3 1 1 0 2 3 18 2.08 1.15 0 91.7 8%
10 Cristian Javier HOU 4 4 1 1 0 4 4 20 2.25 2.00 0 94.2 7%
11 Frankie Montas OAK 7 7 2 2 1 0 5 26 2.57 1.00 0 96.9 96.4 8%
12 Devin Smeltzer MIN 6.2 6 2 2 0 0 4 26 2.70 0.90 1 90.5 8%
13 Blake Snell SDP 6 2 2 2 0 3 6 22 3.00 0.83 0 95.5 13%
14 Mitch Keller PIT 5 2 2 2 1 5 5 23 3.60 1.40 1 95.9 95.4 5%
15 Ryan Yarbrough TBR 6.2 6 3 3 2 0 3 27 4.05 0.90 0 86.5 7%
16 Ranger Suárez PHI 4.1 5 2 2 0 3 5 21 4.15 1.85 0 93.9 93 8%
17 Cal Quantrill CLE 6.1 6 3 3 0 0 5 26 4.26 0.95 1 93.9 94 5%
18 Eric Lauer MIL 4 5 3 2 1 3 6 21 4.50 2.00 0 93.8 9%
19 Justin Steele CHC 5 3 3 3 0 4 6 22 5.40 1.40 0 92.7 91.8 10%
20 Kevin Gausman TOR 5 6 3 3 1 1 5 22 5.40 1.40 1 95.2 13%
21 Julio Urías LAD 6 8 4 4 2 1 8 27 6.00 1.50 0 92.7 19%
22 Charlie Morton ATL 5 4 4 4 1 2 5 20 7.20 1.20 0 95.6 95.8 6%
23 Cole Sands MIN 4 5 4 4 1 4 4 21 9.00 2.25 0 91.8 12%
24 Humberto Castellanos ARI 4.2 7 5 5 1 2 5 22 9.64 1.93 0 90 91.1 9%
25 Rony García DET 5 7 6 6 1 1 7 23 10.80 1.60 0 92.6 8%
26 Lucas Giolito CHW 4.2 8 6 6 2 2 8 24 11.57 2.14 0 93 16%
27 Daniel Lynch KCR 4 9 6 6 1 3 2 25 13.50 3.00 0 95.2 93.5 13%
28 Patrick Corbin WSN 4.1 12 7 7 1 2 6 27 14.54 3.23 0 92.1 92.7 10%
29 Noah Syndergaard LAA 2.1 7 5 5 1 1 0 14 19.29 3.43 0 94.2 93.8 2%
30 Bryan Baker BAL 1.1 2 3 3 0 1 1 7 20.25 2.25 0 96.4 10%
Sorted by ERA

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Roto Riteup: June 1, 2022

Call this guy up to the Majors NOW!!!

 

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