Relief Pitching

Cody Bradford throwing a pitch. His Texas Rangers open the ALDS Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, a matchup of teams near the bottom of the bullpen rankings.

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Orioles vs Rangers Comparison

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Orioles vs Rangers Comparison Welcome to the Division Series! Here is the bullpen/reliever/relief corps comparison for the AL Division Series between the AL East Champion Baltimore Orioles and Wild Card Texas Rangers, based on recent form. For this edition, we’ve used stats from September 1 onward. Statistics are for […]

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Position pitcher Rowdy Tellez celebrating a strike as he closed out a blowout win. His Milwaukee Brewers are first in the NL and first overall in Week 26's bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings.

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Week 26 (Sep 26 to Oct 1) Team Rankings

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — 9/26–10/1 Team Rankings We are in the 26th and final week of the regular season. Here are the team bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings as we wind the season down. Six of the seven NL playoff contenders are in the NL top seven. Four of the top five in the AL […]

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Jordan Romano celebrating with Alejandro Kirk. Their Toronto Blue Jays are second in the AL and third overall in Week 23's bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Week 23 (Sep 11 to Sep 17) Team Rankings

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — 9/11–9/17 Team Rankings We are beginning the 23rd week of the season. Here are the team bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings as we enter the final three weeks of the season. The leader has remained the same since these rankings first ran, but another team almost passed them. An AL Wild […]

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Raisel Iglesias celebrating with Sean Murphy, whose Atlanta Braves are second in the NL and third overall in Week 22's bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Week 22 (Sep 4 to Sep 10) Team Rankings

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — 9/4–9/10 Team Rankings We are beginning the 22nd week of the season. Here are the team bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings as we enter the stretch run. The leader has remained the same since these rankings first ran. A waiver-wire liquidation caused one team to fall 13 spots. One of the […]

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A pitch being thrown by Justin Topa, whose Mariners are second in Week 21's bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Week 21 (Aug 28 to Sep 3) Team Rankings

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — 8/28–9/3 Team Rankings We are beginning the 21st week of the season. After missing Week 20 due to computer problems, the team bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings have returned. The leader has remained the same since these rankings first ran. A crucial injury caused the #2 team to fall 18 spots. […]

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Felix Bautista of the Baltimore Orioles, the top AL closer in the August 23 Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza Individual Rankings

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Week 20 Individual Rankings

Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza — Week 20 Individual Rankings We are near the end of Week 20 of the season. Here are the top ten individual relievers in each league. But these rankings take it to a different level than the other reliever rankings you’ve seen. We will separate our rankings by closers, setup […]

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Brock Stewart throwing a pitch for the Minnesota Twins

Brock Stewart a Brilliant Discovery for the Minnesota Twins

.Brock Stewart — a brilliant discovery by the Minnesota Twins front office and Manager Rocco Baldelli, who believed in him — is having a good year. The team is now reaping the success he is having as a reliever for this team. Just put on the IL However, on Tuesday, the Twins placed him on […]

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Scott McGough celebrating the final out.

Diamondbacks Reliever Scott McGough and His Return to the Majors

Scott McGough and His Return to the Majors MIAMI, Apr. 16 — Bullpens tend to have a high turnover rate, and that has been especially true with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Of the relievers currently on the roster, only two remain from as recently as 2019, with one — lefty Andrew Chafin — returning this season […]

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