It is that time of the year my good fellows, that allegiances and brand loyalty are thrown out the window. As stalwarts start to grow warts, and the season long compilers gather some moss. Allegiances and growing to fond of your roster for Holds is what sets apart first place and the rest of the standings. Who you roster on your team is your own business, but I am here to learn you something as the season long leaderboard for holds is kinda stale. The overall season leader, Taylor Rogers, has 2 in the past two weeks. It doesn’t get any prettier as you go down the top 5 either. Nick Vincent has 1, Jacob Barnes has 1, Jose Ramirez has 2, and Pedro Baez has 2. Not completely awe-inspiring returns for the top of the top for holds. On the contrary, the leaders in the past 14 days: Kyle Barraclough, David Hernandez, and Tommy Hunter all have 5. Far more significant returns for a reliever, and it brings me to my key point… Grab a hold and ditch, period. The names that are garnering late game situations is growing rapidly and will increase even more once rosters expand. This is the “what have you done for me lately” approach to hold accumulation down the stretch. Yes, the guys you roster may be great at K/9 and BB/9 and have stellar WHIP totals etc, but when chasing the one key cog stat for set-up men, that being the hold, no allegiances should remain.
- Remember what I said about Rogers above, well on his own team, there is a with the more Holds. Trevor Hildenberger has 4 and has more leverage situations then the aforementioned Taylor.
- Same as with the Brewers and Anthony swarzak. Barnes has the accumulation but Swarzak numbers as of late.
- Name me five better relievers right now that don’t get holds or saves better than Chad Green. I’ll wait.
- Juan Nicasio goes from a secondary figure for the Pirates to a closer possibly with the Phillies
- For all the swagger that the Yankees bullpen has with such expensive real life price tags, they have 3 holds over their last 15 games. THREE! Only worse team is the Padres with two.
- On the reflexive of that the D-Backs have 16 in the same period.
- Blake Parker and Carl Edwards JR. over the last two weeks are the only two relievers holding opponents to a zero BAA. 21 down with 2 walks for Parker and 14 down and 1 BB for Edwards.
- Sneaky reliever of the week; Scott Alexander of the Royals
Last 30 days Holds Chart:
| Player | Holds/BS | App with Lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tommy Hunter | 8/0 | 10 |
| Archie Bradley | 7/2 | 10 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 7/0 | 9 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 7/1 | 8 |
| Nick Vincent | 7/0 | 9 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 7/0 | 9 |
| David Hernandez | 7/1 | 10 |
| Wandy Peralta | 7/1 | 9 |
| Brian Duensing | 6/0 | 8 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 6/1 | 8 |
| Jacob Barnes | 6/1 | 8 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 6/1 | 8 |
| Pedro Baez | 6/1 | 7 |
| Addison Reed | 6/0 | 8 |
| Tyler Lyons | 5/0 | 6 |
| Jose Ramirez | 5/0 | 6 |
| Blake Parker | 5/0 | 9 |
| Dominic Leone | 5/1 | 7 |
| Bryan Shaw | 5/0 | 7 |
Nice write up, I recently lost Andrew Miller and missed out on picking up Chad Green, I’m looking for a reliever that pitches multiple innings to balance things out in H2H ratios my league has a limited pool, so only guys like Petit, Jesse Chavez which has been good past 30 days, and fits the bill in terms of results but not sure how over his head he is pitching, other options are Adam Morgan, Brandon Morrow, Dominic Leone,Trevor Hildenberger
, Joe Smith and Will Harris, also Brock Stewart is available and he will be shifting to bullpen after his next start, any suggestions on who to settle for ? League doesn’t have holds only saves, so I’m just looking to stabilize ratios.
@Tjvera: leone and Hildenberger are best grabs
Smokey,
10-tm H2H cat Keeper (keep 12), balanced stats
In first place and have Trea on the DL and want to bring him in, have to drop someone. I don’t typically keep any closers year after year (at most keep 1, but mostly just acquire through trades) but do like to have 4 for playoffs, wind Saves and it helps lower my overall ERA and WHIP. Currently, I have G. Holland, W. Davis, E. Diaz, Delin Betances with A. Chapman on the BN
the guys at the bottom (not making playoffs) will most likely snatch up whoever I drop but has to be done, which 4 from the list above do you see more valuable rest of this season. I’ve included waiver below to give you a sense of whos currently avail
Waiver: AJ Ramos, B. Hand, S. Dyson, H. Neris, A. Viscaino, S. Greene, B. Treinen, B. Parker, J. McGee
thanks in advance,
Marv
@MarV: wow buyers market for saves. I mean Chapman doesn’t have a job right now. So employed > unemployed