Reliever stock watch: Giant value in San Francisco's pen

San Francisco Giants RHP Camilo Doval excelled arsenic 1 of the top-10 closers successful phantasy shot for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. His show successful saves, strikeouts and tally prevention earned him a apical spot for alleviation pitchers successful 2024 mean unrecorded drafts. Unfortunately, that did not spell well. Doval's already tenuous locomotion complaint ballooned, helium served a three-week stint astatine Triple-A, and astonishing RHP Ryan Walker took implicit closing duties. As such, Doval became an afterthought successful 2025 phantasy drafts.

Well, Doval is backmost to closing for the Giants and, portion helium continues to locomotion (so to speak) the occasional good enactment with his control, fantasy managers indispensable wage much attention. Doval, rostered successful conscionable 31.4% of ESPN modular leagues, enters Tuesday having permitted an earned tally successful lone 1 quality implicit 8 weeks (a Manny Machado two-run azygous connected June 3). His wide ERA is down to 1.50 and, portion his strikeout complaint fails to impressment (30 K successful 30 IP), the hard-throwing Dominican has fanned 8 of 19 hitters implicit his past 4 innings and outings.

The Giants participate this week starring each of shot successful alleviation ERA astatine 2.32, good up of the second-best New York Mets (2.91). Perhaps Giants relievers person been a spot fortunate (the unit's FIP is 3.32, 4th best), but this is simply a omniscient spot for phantasy managers to invest. Doval inactive has not permitted a location run. Giants manager Bob Melvin made the power from the struggling Walker to Doval 1 week ago. Doval permits a .149 batting mean against, with conscionable 1 extra-base hit. Left-handers person had lone 5 singles successful 48 at-bats against him. In roadworthy games, Doval has allowed simply 1 deed successful 43 AB.

Meanwhile, Walker is not adjacent successful enactment should Doval instrumentality to his chaotic ways. Unheralded RHP Randy Rodriguez, aft posting a forgettable 4.30 ERA arsenic a rookie with an mean strikeout rate, whitethorn beryllium headed to the All-Star crippled with his fantastic, matching 0.61 ERA and 0.61 WHIP figures. Rodriguez, a 25-year-old Dominican who issued 37 walks implicit 37 2/3 innings astatine Triple-A Sacramento successful 2023, presently has 43 strikeouts (second to Athletics RHP Mason Miller successful K%) and three walks successful 29 1/3 innings. As with Doval, left-handed hitters are overwhelmed (.096 BAA).

San Francisco's bullpen ranks 10th successful strikeout complaint and, contempt Doval's presence, 23rd successful locomotion rate. It's 2nd successful crushed shot rate, led by reliable, side-arming RHP Tyler Rogers (67.9%), who is 2nd successful the class to Minnesota Twins RHP Jhoan Duran (an unthinkable 72.6%). Rogers is good connected his mode to 30 holds for the 4th clip successful the past 5 years. Rodriguez (rostered successful lone 8.9% of leagues) ranks 4th among axenic alleviation options successful ESPN phantasy points implicit the past 30 days, portion Doval is adjacent behind. These 3 Giants -- and notably not Walker, easy the astir rostered successful the radical -- request attention.

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Will Vest, RHP, Detroit Tigers: Vest, recommended here 2 weeks ago, continues to radiance and predominate the apical team's prevention share. Vest ranks 3rd among axenic relievers successful phantasy points implicit the past 30 days, down lone Houston Astros LHP Josh Hader and Mets RHP Edwin Diaz. He has 5 of the team's past six saves implicit two-plus weeks. Vest, 30, continues to frustrate hitters into brushed interaction and his 60.7% crushed shot complaint is eighth among qualified alleviation pitchers. Somehow, Vest is inactive disposable successful 68% of ESPN leagues. Roster teammate RHP Tommy Kahnle arsenic well, for helium has besides been a top-10 phantasy reliever for the past month.

Aroldis Chapman, LHP, Boston Red Sox: Chapman, disposable successful 52% of leagues, ranks 5th among relievers successful phantasy points implicit the past 30 days. He boasts each of Boston's saves since mid-April, including 2 this past play against the New York Yankees. Chapman's strikeout and crushed shot rates are down a bit, but his elite fastball velocity is not, and helium whitethorn beryllium connected the mode to his ninth play of 30 oregon much saves (and the archetypal since 2021). At 37, Chapman is showing fewer signs of decline, and with RHPs Justin Slaten and Liam Hendriks some injured, helium has small contention for saves.

Shelby Miller, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks: Not lone has Miller posted six consecutive scoreless outings, but helium should measurement backmost into the person relation with RHP Justin Martinez leaving Monday's outing prematurely owed to elbow pain. Further accusation connected Martinez should travel soon, but expect an absence, astatine the least. Miller saved a triumph implicit Atlanta past week and boasts a 1.69 ERA. While his ain way grounds for wellness and consistency is lacking, the Diamondbacks are moving retired of proven leverage options.

Ben Casparius, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers: Casparius, an effectual but occasionally chaotic starter successful the insignificant leagues, has blossomed arsenic a applicable agelong reliever successful the majors. Before a play blowup successful which helium took a nonaccomplishment astatine St. Louis, Casparius boasted a five-game agelong successful which helium tossed 8 2/3 scoreless innings, permitting 1 hit, striking retired 13, and registering 4 holds. Casparius entered Monday starring each Dodgers alleviation pitchers successful ESPN phantasy points implicit the past 30 days, treble what nominal person LHP Tanner Scott has provided. Casparius whitethorn not gain prevention chances and dumping the disappointing Scott for him is not the close move. That said, multi-inning relievers connection value, too.

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Luke Weaver, RHP, New York Yankees: Weaver's statistic stay impeccable, with a 1.05 ERA and an 0.70 WHIP, but determination is hardly a warrant helium pitches to the aforesaid level oregon handles prevention situations erstwhile helium returns from his IL stint. Weaver felt hamstring discomfort warming up for a crippled connected June 1. Now helium whitethorn not instrumentality until the extremity of June, oregon possibly the mid-July All-Star break. RHP Devin Williams has pitched amended aft a dilatory start, and helium tin solidify his ninth-inning relation this month.

Jeff Hoffman, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays: Both Hoffman and Atlanta Braves RHP Raisel Iglesias are among the respective alleviation pitchers tied for archetypal successful location runs permitted, with seven. It is not a class 1 wants to pb in. Hoffman, successful the archetypal play of a three-year deal, continues to miss bats astatine a precocious complaint and gain saves, but helium indispensable support the shot successful the park. Luckily for him, the different Toronto options to adjacent either aren't steadfast (Yimi Garcia) oregon person the aforesaid location tally occupation (Chad Green). Now is astir apt a omniscient clip to get Hoffman. His numbers should improve. Don't presume the aforesaid for Iglesias.

Ryan Pressly, RHP, Chicago Cubs: This introduction whitethorn look evident to many, but Pressly remains rostered successful much than 40% of ESPN leagues, which ranks among the apical 20 for alleviation options (and higher than galore of the pitchers evaluated above). Pressly is not a apt prevention enactment anytime soon, and investors should determination on. Until Monday, helium hadn't struck retired a hitter successful 4 of his past 5 outings, and his 2025 K complaint is among the worst for qualified relievers. RHP Daniel Palencia is intelligibly the closer, and RHP Porter Hodge apt handles apical setup duties erstwhile helium returns to health.