But it's not as if that group has dominated. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER. Trey Mancini is tied for the team lead in RBI (17) in his bid for American League Comeback Player of the Year. Runs Runs allowed by a pitcher. Instead, it's really the pitching staff that has propelled Toronto's success, particularly the bullpen. Top prospect Wander Franco might not be all that far away given just how poorly Willy Adames fared in the first month. 5/8: Summer and baseball. In fact, several of the Phillies blown saves came in the same game. 4/11: Looks like there was never anything to worry about in the Dodgers bullpen. Depending on how you define a blown save (apparently there isnt one universal definition FanGraphs and Baseball Reference have different criteria), the Phillies were either tied with the Washington Nationals for the most blown saves in baseball (via FanGraphs) or they were second behind only the Nationals (via Baseball Reference). The pitching staff will need to show a whole lot of improvement, particularly with Taylor Widener on the IL. So when the bullpen was blowing all those saves last year, more often than not they were giving away sizeable leads. 51. That bodes well for guys like, 3/30: Without a "true closer" on the roster, Cubs manager, 3/30: Rangers manager Chris Woodward said that he would rather not have, 3/29: Gabe Kapler, maybe the last manager anyone expected to name a specific closer, has named. They are relief appearances that decrease the team's win probability at least six percent. EDIT: Seems like the single season team record is 39 by the 1996 Colorado Rockies. Still, there are big positives. Next. New York's relievers handily lead the majors in fWAR. However, as Ryan Spaeder notes, the Phillies have led in 109 of their 145 games this season, but have a 73-72 record. In baseball, a save (abbreviated SV or S) is credited to a pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. Ian Kennedy, acquired at the trade deadline, has three of the Phillies' MLB-high 32 blown saves going into Friday's game. Here are a few more numbers on the bullpen's futility: Shutdowns are relief appearances that improve the team's win probability at least six percent, and meltdowns are the opposite. He takes it one step further, calculatingthat they are 101-104 dating back to 2020, with a lead in 158 of 205 games played. Fernando Tatis Jr. is building tons of momentum. The Padres and Twins agreed to a deal that will send, 4/3: Baseball GMs work on Sundays. 8/1: Roberto Osuna had to be removed from a save situation due to an injury later reported to be "discomfort" in his throwing arm. The speed of his cutter, the pitch he throws most, averages 91.9 mph. All-time blown saves leader Goose Gossage blew 112 saves in his 22-year career. But potential only means so much for a team hungry to make a statement this season. Stay on top of it all as playoffs start in some leagues this week! The rotation has made gains, as well. However, if were going to focus on one aspect of the team that let us down the most, I think that aspect is the offense and not the bullpen. Newcomers Alex Cobb and Jose Quintana havent been effective, nor has 25-year-old Griffin Canning. Kolby Allard has looked excellent after being converted to a reliever. It has gone 8-3 since, though the South Siders were fortunate to have consecutive series' against the Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: mlb | pageType: stories | Injuries and the Blue Jays bullpen. The Phillies have Bryce Harper, JT. 7/6: Key relievers currently dealing with positive COVID-19 tests include, 7/6: New Mets manager Luis Rojas is already making waves, refusing to commit to. Other than Alvarado, no reliever was immune to melting down. 1. Some teams may have competition or unsettled closers to start the season including the Orioles, Tigers, Rangers, Braves, Cubs, Giants and more. There aren't a ton of guys that exude confidence in the bullpen group. New York ranks last in the NL in slugging and 14th in OPS. For context, the league average team blew 26 saves in 2021. Hes allowed more earned runs and home runs since the trade inhalf the appearances. After recasting their bullpen last offseason, the Phillies are two blown saves away from the record. Welcome to Yahoo Fantasy . Call 1-800-GAMBLER. 8/15: For some reason only Gabe Kapler could know. This one, though, was a killer. Bradley gave up three hits, including a two-run homer to Lewis Brinson in a 3-2 loss to the Marlins. No other MLB team has more than 16 blown saves. But one might expect L.A. to be better in both categories. Chris Flexen (3.33 ERA) is making a surprising case to be the team's No. And hold a lead here or there. GP: Games played IP: Innings pitched W-L: Wins-Losses ERA: Earned run average SV: Saves BS: Blown saves SV%: Save percentage K/BB: Strikeout to walk ratio K/9 . That said, it seems like there's some momentum. Oakland has slowed a bit in its past few games with the lineup struggling to produce runs. The rotation has also found something of a revelation in Huascar Ynoa. Bryce Harper (1.063 OPS) and J.T. The rotation has held steady thus far, though there is a real shortage of depth. The group ranks 20th inERA, though we'll have to see who replaces Logan Allen. After recasting their bullpen last offseason, the Phillies are two blown saves away from the record. The Brewers have two elite arms in Brandon Woodruff and Corbin Burnes. Let's not spend too much time on the Colorado Rockies. The Mets winning rally started when first baseman Rhys Hoskins booted a routine grounder. the last time in the regular season! Gambling problem? Welcome to 2023, where baseball's new rules designed to improve pace of play are coming fast at everyone, particularly the players. The Phillies grabbed a lead against Jacob deGrom and took it into the ninth inning. 9/30: With Kimbrel removed from the closer's role, 9/30: The Cubs looked like they were starting to lean on, 9/23: Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said closer, 9/21: Miami hasn't offered up many save chances of late but, 8/22: The Phillies saw two of their top relievers land on the IL, with closer, 8/15: The Philadelphia Phillies placed reliever, 8/12: The Seattle Mariners DFA'd relief pitcher. Philadelphia ranks 12th in the NL runs scored and 11th on OPS. 3/18: The Braves played the role of mystery team and signed, 3/17: The Cubs continued adding to their bullpen, signing, 3/17: The Angels have added two arms to their bullpen, agreeing to terms with both. L. Zack Wheeler had a 3.11 ERA in his first five starts. The NL Central is still winnable for the Cubs. They also have, by far, the worst run differential in baseball. If you were following the Phillies this September, you probably heard that number come up one, two, or three million times. For now. dark. The likes of Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler have also struggled. A top team like the Red Sox had 20, Dodgers had 26. And then they didnt. For now, the Cardinals will go with a committee, but, 8/4: Astros manager Dusty Baker said about closer, 8/2: Big shake up in the Colorado bullpen, as. Get the latest Cincinnati Reds betting stats for 2023 including moneyline, against the spread (ATS), and Over/Under totals. . It's worked so far, as the D-backs came into Saturday ranked second in the National League in runs per game and third in OPS. To join our email list and get notified when we launch the 2023 MLB section, register for a free account . The Red Sox are atop the AL East and had the fifth-best run differential in baseball entering Saturday's games. Seattle sent, 8/31: There are sure to be several changes coming throughout the day as the trade deadline approaches, but for now, the Orioles are giving. Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi has provided multiple quality starts. Perhaps most importantly, the rotation arms have really rebounded. But the offense has been mostly underwhelming, notably Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (.572 OPS) and Cavan Biggio (.641 OPS). The Houston Astros responded to a difficult stretch (nine losses in 10 games) by winning seven of nine between April 22 and April 30. While preseason chatter made it sound like, 4/1: More Opening Day bullpen news: The Cardinals are expected to go with, 4/1: Some Opening Day bad news for Oakland as the A's had to place closer, 3/31: The Phillies have an official closer, as manager Joe Girardi announced that, 3/29 The news got worse for the Rangers, as, 3/29: Good news from an AL East bullpen for a change: Red Sox reliever. I have reported and written about Major League Baseball in Philadelphia, Boston, and now back in Philadelphia since 2006. Bryce Harpers NL MVP odds improving. It's not just that the Tigers are losing. First baseman Nate Lowe (.845 OPS) has the look of a real building block after Texas acquired him from the Rays in the offseason. We will be updating the MLB Closers & Saves Depth Charts all season and all off-season long. The rotation, save for Brad Keller, has been surprisingly strong. None of Jeimer Candelario (.661 OPS), Willi Castro (.523 OPS) or Victor Reyes (.350 OPS) are impressing. 5-11, 180. Tyler Mahle has been terrific. But the offense never showed up. Yet, that sort of disguises the fact the lineup has mostly disappointed outside of Byron Buxton and Nelson Cruz. Michael Kopech has also looked quite good in a couple spot starts after dominating out of the bullpen to start the season. 4/20: Every bullpen in the league has been carefully checked and our depth charts are fully updated! But the Brewers need better efforts especially from guys like Keston Hiura and Avisail Garcia. Realmuto (.932 OPS) are living up to their star billings. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1915 to 1972 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1973 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the . Let's give the Pittsburgh Pirates their just due. The Chicago Cubs lineup has followed its boom-or-bust trends of the past few seasons. The Phillies ultimately won the game in the most Phillies way possible, on a walk-off passed ball. Yes, that run differential is worse (-4) against AL Central contenders like Cleveland and the Chicago White Sox. The Nationals rank 14th in the NL in runs scored. The rotation is full of question marks, and the O's don't score enough. But the leadoff spot has been an issue for the Phillies, and finding the right guy tom play center field has been a disaster. The Rockies rank sixth in the NL in runs scored and OPS despite a sluggish early performance from Charlie Blackmon (.606) and a bit of a slower start from Trevor Story. JONATHAN LOISIGA, NEW YORK YANKEES (AGE: 28, PREVIOUS RANK: 43) The normally solid Yankees middle reliever had an uncharacteristically bad season on the surface; his K rate was a career-worst 6.94 with a high walk rate 3.56/9 en route to a 4.13 ERA over 48 innings in 2022. Nathan Eovaldi has a 2.09 FIP. FanGraphs and Baseball Reference have different criteria, the Phillies were 14-13 in games in which they blew a save, Phillies offense key factor in NL East race, Gamethread 2/28: Blue Jays (SS) at Phillies. 5/17: The mess continues in Cincinnati's bullpen, but it looks like. Arrieta got roughed up for seven runs (three homers) Friday against the Cincinnati Reds. Now that they're back and ready to play, several key players will be placed on the injured list, including closer, 4/4: The Padres bullpen was someone of a question mark when the season began. The Phillies have blown seven saves in their last six games, and they've blown 21 saves overall. The most blown saves in MLB last year was the Giants with 30. 8/23: All depth charts have been updated! The bullpen doesn't have a ton of quality depth, but at least Hector Neris (1.54 ERA), Sam Coonrod (1.54 ERA) and Jose Alvarado (1.13) have been good thus far. 7/30: In a last-minute deadline deal, the Braves acquired Pirates closer, 7/30: The Diamondbacks found someone to trade, 7/30: Another closer on the move, as the Phillies have acquired, 7/29: The Padres bullpen was already good, but they're adding, 7/29: The Rays are finalizing a deal to trade, 7/28: The Marlins and Astros made a trade on Wednesday, with, 7/27: The first big closer trade happened a few days before the deadline, and it was quite an unexpected one: the Mariners traded, 7/27: While the Orioles bullpen is in full committee mode and this could change from one day to the next, right now it looks like, 7/20: The Orioles bullpen has been unpredictable all year, and now comes, 7/18: The Orioles committee also looks like things are moving around in it, with, 7/17: It's been mostly bad news for the Yankees bullpen lately, but. Plus, Hyun Jin Ryu (glute) was just placed on IL. Of course, the Phillies have collectively blown these saves; its truly a team effort. Josh Donaldson is having a decent campaign thus far. On Wednesday night, the Phillies blew their 31st and 32nd saves of the season. At 36-40, the Phillies are in fourth place in the NL East, five games behind the first-place Mets and nine games behind the Padres for the second wild card spot. 3/29: Some National League news this time, as the Reds seem ready to go into the season with a committee in the ninth inning. The return of Kwang Hyun Kim and Johan Oveidos effectiveness suddenly gives the Redbirds some depth, even with Adam Wainwright on the COIVD list. The Phillies have not been to the postseason since 2011, and if they're going to end the drought this year, they'll have to win the division. Still, it's been quite the valiant effort. Aroldis Chapman has blown three saves, given up five home runs, and pitched to a 12.66 ERA since June 10th after going 23 appearances of 0.39 ERA relief in which he surrendered only one long. *Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. After cycling through Neris, Alvarado, and Ranger Surez, the Phillies acquired Kennedy at the trade deadline to bring stability to the closer role. The Miami Marlins' arms provide a wonderful foundation. They now have 22 blown saves this season, putting them just three away from the franchise record. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. New York still ranks just 12th in the AL in runs scored. The Phils have a -15 run differential, yet somehow came into Saturday's game atop the NL East. Alejandro Kirk has seemingly seized starting catching duties from Danny Jansen with a run of good starts. 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