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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1048 – Keep or Cut: Pitchers

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May 6, 2022

5/6/22

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KEEP OR CUT: PITCHERS

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Knocking Down The Door: May 6, 2022

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May 6, 2022

“Knocking Down The Door” is a weekly column highlighting minor leaguers who are making a case for a major league promotion. Listed below are the names of this week’s picks and the player’s team, age, level(s), prospect ranking, and last 1-2 weeks of statistics.

Knocking Down The Archive

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Roto Riteup: May 6, 2022

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May 6, 2022

Give me your best early season victory lap!

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Bullpen Report: May 6, 2022

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May 6, 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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Mining the News (5/5/22)

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May 5, 2022

American League

Blue Jays

• Yusei Kikuchi has tinkered with his mechanics and dropped his cutter for a slider.

It’s been less than a month since Kikuchi last faced the Yankees and didn’t make it out of the fourth inning, but in that short time, the Blue Jays pitching coaching staff, led by Walker, have been tinkering with Kikuchi’s mechanics and repertoire. It was last outing, against the Houston Astros, that Kikuchi showed a new delivery on the mound with a toned-down leg kick. They’ve also shifted the target behind the plate. And Kikuchi has scrapped his cutter entirely and instead has introduced a new, harder slider instead.

Making in-season adjustments isn’t easy and requires patience. Let’s also remember that Kikuchi has had to do this while facing an absolute gauntlet of a first stretch starting against the Yankees twice, the Red Sox and the Astros twice.

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Boxscore Bits: May 5th, 2022

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May 5, 2022
Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the games from Wednesday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Wednesday’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 1 0 0 0 1 2 24 0.00 0.29 1 87 87.5 8%
2 Corey Kluber TBR 6 3 0 0 0 1 7 22 0.00 0.67 0 90.4 16%
3 Martín Pérez TEX 7 4 0 0 0 4 4 26 0.00 1.14 0 93.3 92.2 8%
4 Zack Wheeler PHI 7.2 6 0 0 0 1 7 27 0.00 0.91 0 96.9 96.3 21%
5 Frankie Montas OAK 7 4 0 0 0 1 6 26 0.00 0.71 0 96.4 95.5 11%
6 Dillon Peters PIT 3.1 1 0 0 0 1 4 12 0.00 0.60 0 92.9 92.1 9%
7 Yusei Kikuchi TOR 6 3 1 1 1 1 7 21 1.50 0.67 1 94.6 15%
8 MacKenzie Gore SDP 5.2 4 1 1 0 3 2 23 1.59 1.24 0 94.8 4%
9 Ian Anderson ATL 5.1 5 1 1 0 4 1 23 1.69 1.69 1 92.9 11%
10 Tony Gonsolin LAD 5 3 1 1 1 1 5 19 1.80 0.80 1 93.8 15%
11 Justin Verlander HOU 6.2 5 2 2 1 0 3 24 2.70 0.75 1 93.9 8%
12 Austin Gomber COL 6.2 7 2 2 1 1 6 24 2.70 1.20 1 91.5 17%
13 Patrick Corbin WSN 8 9 5 3 0 0 3 35 3.38 1.13 0 91.9 91.5 6%
14 José Quintana PIT 5 4 2 2 0 1 3 22 3.60 1.00 0 90.6 90.6 8%
15 Alex Faedo DET 5 8 2 2 1 1 1 22 3.60 1.80 0 92.6 4%
16 Garrett Whitlock BOS 5 2 2 2 1 0 9 17 3.60 0.40 0 95.8 18%
17 Michael Pineda DET 4.1 4 2 2 0 2 4 18 4.15 1.38 0 90.6 8%
18 Nestor Cortes NYY 4 4 2 2 1 4 3 19 4.50 2.00 0 89.6 7%
19 Cal Quantrill CLE 6 3 3 3 0 5 7 25 4.50 1.33 0 92.5 92.7 9%
20 Lucas Giolito CHW 5.2 3 3 3 2 2 10 21 4.76 0.88 1 93.5 13%
21 Alex Wood SFG 5.1 4 3 3 1 2 7 20 5.06 1.13 0 93 14%
22 Freddy Peralta MIL 5 5 3 3 0 2 7 23 5.40 1.40 1 92.6 11%
23 Tylor Megill NYM 5 4 3 3 0 2 8 22 5.40 1.20 0 95 13%
24 Mike Clevinger SDP 4.2 4 3 3 0 3 4 21 5.79 1.50 0 94.1 7%
25 Reid Detmers LAA 4.2 4 3 3 0 2 2 20 5.79 1.29 0 92.7 6%
26 Kyle Hendricks CHC 5.2 7 4 4 2 1 2 24 6.35 1.41 0 87.4 87.3 7%
27 Zach Plesac CLE 5 5 5 4 1 4 4 25 7.20 1.80 0 90.6 8%
28 Madison Bumgarner ARI 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 9.00 1.00 0 90.4 8%
29 Kyle Bradish BAL 4 6 4 4 1 2 3 18 9.00 2.00 0 9%
30 Elieser Hernandez MIA 4 5 5 5 1 3 3 20 11.25 2.00 0 90.4 9%
Sorted by ERA

 

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Bullpen Report: May 5, 2022

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May 5, 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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Roto Riteup: May 4, 2022

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May 4, 2022

That look when you realize it is only Wednesday.

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Bullpen Report: May 4, 2022

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May 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.

  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: 1047 – Keep or Cut: Hitters

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May 3, 2022

5/3/22

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