Michael Rucker was electric as the first RP out of the pen by striking out the side in the 7th inning.The final inning started with a single and walk, but Joe Barlow managed to escape without allowing any damage. In the 8th, Jonathan Hernández left a bit too much over the plate(twice), and two pitches were deposited into the bleachers. The Rangers bullpen started in the 7th inning with a scoreless appearance from Jésus Tinoco.However, that was all the offense Texas could muster as Scott Effross struck out one to grab save #4. After Jung, Jonah Heim followed with a single of his own, and eventually, Jung scored. After seven no-hit innings from Luis Severino, Miguel Castro finally allowed a Josh Jung hit in the 8th inning.Also, there was a flurry of moves with lower-leverage arms, and the following RPs have been activated: Jake Cousins(MIL), Darwinzon Hernandez(BOS), Miguel Castro(NYY), Nick Mears(PIT), Andrew Vasquez(SFG), Kevin Herget(TBR), Yerry Rodriguez(TEX), and A.J.Sanchez slots into the long-relief role and could see a multi-inning appearance. The Minnesota Twins placed Trevor Megill on the 15-day IL and purchased the contract of Aaron Sanchez.The flame-throwing closer had been dealing since grabbing the 9th inning duties, but expect Dillon Tate to grab any final save opportunities.
The Baltimore Orioles placed Félix Bautista on the 15-day IL and recalled Yennier Cano.Conversely, teams out of it may give higher-leverage looks to new arms. The following teams punched their tickets to the postseason and could rest high-leverage relievers for the next two games: NYY, TBR, TOR, CLE, SEA, HOU, PHI, ATL, NYM, STL, LAD, and SDP.No team has an off day over the final three days of the season, but TEX/NYY, DET/SEA, and WSH/NYM have double-headers today.This series runs seven days a week, so check in every morning to get your daily bullpen fix! Welcome back to the latest edition of our Reliever Ranks series! This will bring you up-to-date bullpen depth charts every morning for the day’s games and makes for an excellent tool for those looking to stream saves or wins.
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