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Bullpen Report: May 18, 2022

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May 18, 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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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1053 – Buy Low or No Go: Hitters

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May 17, 2022

5/17/22

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J.D. Davis is Getting Robbed

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May 17, 2022
Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

Mike Trout, Yordan Alvarez, Aaron Judge, and… J.D. Davis? As of this writing (5/14/22), Davis is fourth on the Statcast expected stats leaderboard behind three of the best sluggers in baseball. Sure, he has about less than half of the plate appearances (62) as those other three (average of 124), but his .454 xwOBA is bright red nonetheless. Sadly, Davis is only slugging .300. Compare that with Yordan Alvarez’s .697, and you wonder why I’m mentioning Davis and Alvarez in the same paragraph. Somehow, Alvarez is actually expected to be slugging even higher, .082 points higher to be exact. Davis? He’s expected to be slugging .313 points higher, or a total of .613. Davis holds the largest difference between his wOBA (.301) and his xwOBA (.454) among hitters with enough balls in play to qualify for the leaderboard. Ladies and gentlemen, the man has been getting robbed and I give you the first example:

That ball was struck at 102 mph at an angle of 14 degrees. The estimated batting average by Statcast’s combination of hit speed and angle was 0.714. While there was an infield shift on, the outfield alignment is listed as “Standard” in the data. But you don’t have to drill into any data at all after watching the video to realize the ball was smoked, it was just smoked right at an outfielder.

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Boxscore Bits: May 17th, 2022

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May 17, 2022
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports

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

FOR STARTERS

Monday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Freddy Peralta MIL 7 2 0 0 0 1 10 24 0.00 0.43 1 92.4 15%
2 Wade Miley CHC 7 1 0 0 0 0 6 22 0.00 0.14 1 89.8 89.1 15%
3 Yusei Kikuchi TOR 6 1 0 0 0 3 6 22 0.00 0.67 1 94.7 11%
4 Johnny Cueto CHW 6 2 0 0 0 2 7 21 0.00 0.67 0 92.3 91.9 6%
5 Antonio Senzatela COL 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 8 0.00 1.00 0 94.2 6%
6 Sandy Alcantara MIA 8 3 1 1 0 1 5 30 1.13 0.50 1 97.3 96.9 11%
7 Luis Severino NYY 6 1 1 1 1 2 7 22 1.50 0.50 1 96.6 15%
8 Ian Anderson ATL 6 4 1 1 0 2 3 25 1.50 1.00 0 94 9%
9 Alex Faedo DET 5.2 4 1 1 1 1 4 21 1.59 0.88 0 93.3 13%
10 Jake Odorizzi HOU 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 19 1.80 0.80 0 93.4 11%
11 Chris Archer MIN 4 2 1 1 0 2 2 16 2.25 1.00 0 92.7 10%
12 Corey Kluber TBR 6 4 2 2 1 0 8 24 3.00 0.67 0 89.2 16%
13 Tony Gonsolin LAD 6 3 2 2 1 2 7 23 3.00 0.83 1 93.1 11%
14 Garrett Whitlock BOS 5 3 2 2 1 2 3 21 3.60 1.00 0 95.6 11%
15 Brad Keller KCR 7 8 3 3 1 0 3 29 3.86 1.14 0 93.8 93.4 9%
16 Zach Logue OAK 4.1 5 2 2 0 2 2 20 4.15 1.62 0 90 9%
17 Chris Flexen 플렉센 SEA 5.1 6 3 3 2 2 7 25 5.06 1.50 0 91.4 13%
18 Madison Bumgarner ARI 5 6 3 3 0 2 1 23 5.40 1.60 0 91 6%
19 Alex Wood SFG 4.1 6 3 3 0 1 5 21 6.23 1.62 0 92.8 6%
20 Jon Gray TEX 5.2 8 4 4 0 1 8 26 6.35 1.59 1 95.8 15%
21 Kyle Bradish BAL 4.1 8 4 4 1 3 6 23 8.31 2.54 0 8%
22 Aaron Sanchez WSN 3.2 8 4 4 1 3 2 19 9.82 3.00 0 92.9 92.3 12%
23 Noah Syndergaard LAA 0.2 4 6 4 0 2 1 9 54.00 9.00 0 94.3 93.9 10%
24 Dillon Peters PIT 0.2 4 5 5 0 1 0 7 67.50 7.50 0 94.1 93.5 0%
Sorted by ERA

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Big Kid Adds (Week 6)

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May 17, 2022

While the NFBC Main Event garners most of the attention, there are a handful of leagues with even a larger entry fee ($2.5K to $15K). They get originally named “High Stakes Leagues” and this year there are nine of them. With so much money on the line, these fantasy managers are going to try to gain any advantage. Most of the time, these managers will be a week or two ahead of everyone else on their adds. Here are the players and some information on the ones added in five or more of these leagues.

Chase Silseth (9): The 21-year-old righty is not the highest touted pitching prospect, but his AA stats (12.8 K/9, 0.85 WHIP, 1.73 ERA) are intriguing. In his first start, he threw six innings against the A’s allowing no earned runs while striking out four and walking two. He only threw 81 pitches over the six innings, so he might not be fully stretched out. One other factor to consider is that he might be a decent groundball pitcher but he’s only thrown 37 professional innings. Read the rest of this entry »


Roto Riteup: May 17, 2022

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May 17, 2022

When you hear the ice cream truck music and you don’t want to miss out:

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Boxscore Bits: May 16th, 2022

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May 16, 2022
D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports

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

FOR STARTERS

The Weekend’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 José Quintana PIT 7 3 0 0 0 1 5 24 0.00 0.57 0 91 91.2 9%
2 Eduardo Rodriguez DET 6.2 5 0 0 0 4 3 27 0.00 1.35 1 92.6 92.9 10%
3 Tarik Skubal DET 6 3 0 0 0 2 11 23 0.00 0.83 1 93.7 94.4 17%
4 Chase Silseth LAA 6 1 0 0 0 2 4 20 0.00 0.50 1 96.2 94.8 11%
5 Zach Thompson PIT 6 1 0 0 0 3 3 21 0.00 0.67 1 92.1 92.5 8%
6 Daniel Lynch KCR 5.1 3 0 0 0 4 4 22 0.00 1.31 0 94.4 14%
7 Justin Verlander HOU 5 2 0 0 0 3 5 20 0.00 1.00 1 95.1 11%
8 Dallas Keuchel CHW 5 4 0 0 0 3 3 21 0.00 1.40 0 87.2 7%
9 Dakota Hudson STL 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 21 0.00 1.40 1 92.7 92.7 3%
10 Jhonathan Diaz LAA 4.2 1 0 0 0 4 4 18 0.00 1.07 0 91.4 88.8 9%
11 Jeffrey Springs TBR 4.2 4 0 0 0 0 2 17 0.00 0.86 0 92.4 5%
12 Michael Grove LAD 3.2 4 4 0 0 3 3 19 0.00 1.91 0 95 10%
13 Nestor Cortes NYY 8 3 1 1 1 0 7 27 1.13 0.38 1 91.1 10%
14 Framber Valdez HOU 7.2 7 1 1 0 2 6 31 1.17 1.17 1 96.6 94.5 8%
15 Hunter Greene CIN 7.1 0 1 1 0 5 9 27 1.23 0.68 0 98.9 12%
16 Pablo López MIA 7 3 1 1 1 0 11 25 1.29 0.43 0 92.2 92.5 17%
17 Corbin Burnes MIL 7 5 1 1 1 0 7 24 1.29 0.71 0 95.9 15%
18 Max Scherzer NYM 7 3 1 1 0 2 6 26 1.29 0.71 0 92.9 11%
19 Nick Pivetta BOS 7 3 1 1 0 1 4 25 1.29 0.57 1 92.9 8%
20 Michael Lorenzen LAA 7 5 1 1 0 1 3 24 1.29 0.86 1 95.4 94.6 6%
21 Marco Gonzales SEA 6.2 5 1 1 0 3 5 28 1.35 1.20 0 88.3 6%
22 Paul Blackburn OAK 6.2 5 1 1 0 2 3 27 1.35 1.05 0 91.3 91.6 9%
23 Kyle Wright ATL 6.1 3 3 1 0 2 9 25 1.42 0.79 0 95.6 95.4 15%
24 Patrick Sandoval LAA 6.1 4 1 1 0 4 4 28 1.42 1.26 1 93.9 94 10%
25 Justin Steele CHC 6 3 2 1 0 2 10 24 1.50 0.83 0 91.8 91.2 13%
26 Charlie Morton ATL 6 2 1 1 0 1 9 21 1.50 0.50 0 94.8 93.8 17%
27 Zac Gallen ARI 6 2 1 1 1 1 9 21 1.50 0.50 0 94.5 15%
28 Martín Pérez TEX 6 5 1 1 0 2 7 25 1.50 1.17 1 92.7 92.1 8%
29 Shane Bieber CLE 6 7 1 1 1 3 7 28 1.50 1.67 0 91.2 6%
30 Joe Ryan MIN 6 4 1 1 1 0 5 22 1.50 0.67 1 92.4 9%
31 Alek Manoah TOR 6 5 3 1 0 0 4 24 1.50 0.83 0 95.1 93.9 10%
32 Logan Webb SFG 6 3 1 1 0 3 1 23 1.50 1.00 1 92.3 91.9 5%
33 Chris Bassitt NYM 5.2 5 1 1 0 3 8 26 1.59 1.41 0 93.6 92.6 9%
34 Kyle Hendricks CHC 5.2 5 1 1 0 2 2 25 1.59 1.24 0 86.9 86.5 5%
35 Drew Rasmussen TBR 5.2 3 1 1 0 1 1 21 1.59 0.71 0 95.6 6%
36 Trevor Rogers MIA 5.1 5 1 1 1 0 8 22 1.69 0.94 1 94.9 14%
37 Brandon Woodruff MIL 5 5 3 1 1 2 6 23 1.80 1.40 1 96 95.6 16%
38 Devin Smeltzer MIN 5 3 1 1 0 2 2 19 1.80 1.00 0 90.2 8%
39 Hyun Jin Ryu 류현진 TOR 4.2 4 1 1 1 1 3 18 1.93 1.07 0 90.9 11%
40 George Kirby SEA 4 3 3 1 0 1 1 18 2.25 1.00 0 96.3 7%
41 Ryan Yarbrough TBR 3.2 2 1 1 0 3 2 18 2.45 1.36 0 86.6 9%
42 Aaron Nola PHI 7 4 2 2 1 2 8 26 2.57 0.86 0 92.2 92.3 10%
43 Frankie Montas OAK 6 4 2 2 1 1 12 24 3.00 0.83 0 96.7 96.4 20%
44 Tyler Mahle CIN 6 5 2 2 1 1 8 24 3.00 1.00 1 94.3 15%
45 Joe Musgrove SDP 6 4 3 2 1 3 6 25 3.00 1.17 0 92.3 91.1 9%
46 Adam Wainwright STL 6 3 2 2 1 2 5 23 3.00 0.83 1 89 88 6%
47 Rich Hill BOS 6 7 3 2 0 0 4 25 3.00 1.17 1 88.7 12%
48 Daulton Jefferies OAK 6 5 2 2 1 0 4 23 3.00 0.83 0 93.2 93.8 9%
49 Bruce Zimmermann BAL 6 7 3 2 2 1 2 24 3.00 1.33 0 91.4 91.2 4%
50 Jakob Junis SFG 5.2 6 2 2 1 1 3 24 3.18 1.24 0 91.8 8%
51 Humberto Castellanos ARI 5.1 5 2 2 2 1 5 23 3.38 1.13 0 89.9 90.6 11%
52 Sean Manaea SDP 7 6 3 3 1 2 12 27 3.86 1.14 0 91.8 18%
53 Kevin Gausman TOR 7 5 4 3 0 1 8 28 3.86 0.86 0 93.7 15%
54 Ranger Suárez PHI 7 5 3 3 1 1 6 27 3.86 0.86 1 94.4 93.5 6%
55 Triston McKenzie CLE 7 3 3 3 2 2 4 26 3.86 0.71 0 92.2 16%
56 Sonny Gray MIN 4.1 4 2 2 1 4 8 21 4.15 1.85 0 91.8 91.9 11%
57 Jordan Montgomery NYY 4.1 6 2 2 1 3 4 21 4.15 2.08 0 92.2 92.4 11%
58 Gerrit Cole NYY 6.1 6 3 3 1 1 9 27 4.26 1.11 1 98.2 18%
59 Germán Márquez COL 6 3 3 3 1 1 6 22 4.50 0.67 1 95.4 94.8 17%
60 Austin Gomber COL 6 4 3 3 2 3 3 23 4.50 1.17 0 91.9 6%
61 Michael Kopech CHW 6 1 3 3 0 4 3 23 4.50 0.83 0 93.8 6%
62 Elieser Hernandez MIA 4 3 5 2 2 3 2 21 4.50 1.50 0 91.4 91.4 9%
63 Zach Davies ARI 5.2 4 3 3 0 2 6 22 4.76 1.06 1 88.5 8%
64 Jordan Hicks STL 5 3 3 3 0 2 3 21 5.40 1.00 0 98.8 9%
65 Luis Castillo CIN 5 4 3 3 1 1 2 19 5.40 1.00 0 95.6 95.4 4%
66 Max Fried ATL 6 9 4 4 1 2 6 30 6.00 1.83 0 94.6 93.6 16%
67 Drew Smyly CHC 6 10 4 4 0 1 4 28 6.00 1.83 0 92.2 10%
68 Jordan Lyles BAL 5.2 6 4 4 1 3 6 25 6.35 1.59 0 91.6 90.5 10%
69 Erick Fedde WSN 4 5 3 3 1 3 6 19 6.75 2.00 0 91.3 15%
70 Tyler Wells BAL 4 8 3 3 1 0 2 19 6.75 2.00 0 93.5 10%
71 Eric Lauer MIL 5 6 4 4 3 0 7 22 7.20 1.20 0 94.3 12%
72 Robbie Ray SEA 6 5 5 5 1 3 9 26 7.50 1.33 1 94.4 26%
73 Patrick Corbin WSN 6 6 5 5 3 2 5 26 7.50 1.33 0 92.2 92.4 12%
74 Julio Urías LAD 6 8 8 5 4 0 3 26 7.50 1.33 0 93.2 8%
75 Dane Dunning TEX 5.2 6 5 5 0 2 6 25 7.94 1.41 0 90.1 9%
76 Yu Darvish SDP 5.2 9 5 5 1 1 4 26 7.94 1.76 0 95.2 94 12%
77 Carlos Carrasco NYM 4.1 8 4 4 0 1 2 20 8.31 2.08 0 93.9 93.1 10%
78 Josiah Gray WSN 6 6 6 6 3 2 5 26 9.00 1.33 0 94.1 11%
79 Walker Buehler LAD 5 9 5 5 1 1 3 25 9.00 2.00 0 95.7 95.7 10%
80 Zack Greinke KCR 4.2 8 7 5 0 0 4 24 9.64 1.71 0 88.8 10%
81 Mitch Keller PIT 4.2 5 5 5 1 2 2 21 9.64 1.50 0 96.6 4%
82 Aaron Civale CLE 4.2 7 6 6 2 2 5 22 11.57 1.93 0 90.8 91.1 9%
83 Kyle Freeland COL 4.2 12 8 6 1 2 0 27 11.57 3.00 0 90 89.5 3%
84 Vince Velasquez CHW 5 8 7 7 3 3 4 26 12.60 2.20 0 93.5 91.5 10%
85 Adam Oller OAK 5 6 8 8 2 3 3 24 14.40 1.80 0 93.5 92.7 6%
86 Kyle Gibson PHI 3.2 8 6 6 1 1 1 20 14.73 2.45 0 91 91.1 7%
87 Cristian Javier HOU 3.2 8 7 7 1 3 5 22 17.18 3.00 0 93.7 13%
88 Glenn Otto TEX 4 8 8 8 2 4 4 24 18.00 3.00 0 92.9 93 12%
89 Carlos Rodón SFG 3.2 10 8 8 1 1 3 20 19.64 3.00 0 96.4 9%
90 Carlos Hernandez KCR 4 8 9 9 2 3 3 23 20.25 2.75 0 96.5 11%
Sorted by ERA

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Roto Riteup: May 16, 2022

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May 16, 2022

2022 be crazy!

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Bullpen Report: May 16, 2022

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May 16, 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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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1052 – FAAB and 2-Start Pitchers

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May 15, 2022

5/15/22

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

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