DFS Baseball 101: Bullpen Report April-July

Michael Rathburn charts the effectiveness of bullpens, which is often overlooked by DFS players. Which bullpens should you target, and which should you avoid?

Updated on August 2, 2017 8:34PM EST

DFS Baseball 101: Bullpen Report April-July

By:

Michael Rathburn

Updated on August 2, 2017 8:34PM EST

DFS Baseball 101

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Before we get started on this weeks' article, I would like to let you know we will be moving to NFL coverage next week. This will be the last MLB article of the season, and I wanted to finish it off with the final bullpen report.

When doing your initial hitting research, how often do you consider the bullpens? Or are you just basing your decisions on the starting pitcher? The same goes for your starting pitching decisions. The win is still important enough so you want a pitcher from a team in where if he goes six or seven innings, the chances to nail down the W are high.

How much of an impact does the bullpen make?

Well, bullpen innings represent about 38 percent of the total innings pitched in baseball.

ANGELS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	10	38	8	13	25	3	8	8	1	25	30	6	18
MAY	11	36	8	12	3	5	12	6	11	29	29	7	24
JUNE	5	39	8	3	5	6	5	6	4	21	17	10	20
JULY	25	36	24	26	22	22	23	26	23	14	16	24	15

ASTROS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	6	35	4	6	8	4	5	2	20	29	25	1	6
MAY	12	37	11	17	24	12	4	1	7	16	27	1	26
JUNE	2	42	3	18	7	2	1	1	6	4	14	1	10
JULY	24	39	21	29	30	18	15	8	10	23	29	1	28

ATHLETICS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	13	38	18	17	15	17	20	26	5	13	12	20	5
MAY	15	37	15	27	15	18	17	18	18	9	7	20	8
JUNE	19	39	19	24	29	15	11	10	5	20	22	18	28
JULY	16	34	6	12	18	9	9	3	15	28	21	26	29

BLUE JAYS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	21	39	16	20	21	19	15	16	21	14	17	21	17
MAY	5	42	7	4	6	3	7	4	9	26	28	6	6
JUNE	10	38	1	9	14	1	6	4	7	29	28	6	23
JULY	22	45	18	28	24	15	19	15	11	11	20	22	21

BRAVES

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	17	33	19	19	22	16	17	19	10	12	24	11	23
MAY	16	39	6	16	19	10	22	24	15	7	21	22	17
JUNE	15	36	12	11	13	14	22	26	18	17	10	19	3
JULY	29	37	28	30	25	30	26	20	25	25	24	10	25

BREWERS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	16	41	22	12	12	24	21	20	29	5	8	23	14
MAY	14	40	21	13	5	19	15	19	20	4	2	24	11
JUNE	18	35	9	21	28	22	20	12	30	13	16	15	13
JULY	21	37	27	25	21	28	8	6	22	18	4	8	27

CARDINALS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	29	34	27	26	19	28	29	22	23	26	27	17	26
MAY	19	34	22	24	12	21	14	14	14	28	18	9	14
JUNE	6	38	10	6	16	3	10	18	1	8	18	13	2
JULY	10	34	11	3	3	8	10	11	5	29	18	13	24

CUBS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	9	36	2	5	11	6	10	5	27	21	19	4	15
MAY	10	42	14	8	27	13	10	10	21	5	4	14	18
JUNE	3	37	6	8	8	4	4	3	9	3	9	2	21
JULY	9	39	2	8	4	12	22	12	30	16	19	2	5

DIAMONDBACKS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	12	34	15	21	18	12	9	10	4	9	14	13	29
MAY	4	33	5	3	18	11	6	8	22	3	5	5	16
JUNE	1	34	2	1	2	5	2	11	11	1	1	21	4
JULY	18	33	25	13	14	17	20	23	6	12	17	28	11

DODGERS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	8	37	7	8	4	8	6	7	13	27	21	5	9
MAY	1	39	4	2	14	1	1	3	2	22	16	8	2
JUNE	13	37	4	5	21	7	18	5	12	30	30	4	11
JULY	2	38	1	4	9	1	1	9	2	19	15	4	23

GIANTS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	11	32	17	16	5	20	14	15	18	24	13	9	2
MAY	23	32	23	6	1	25	27	28	24	14	10	25	20
JUNE	29	36	29	30	20	29	28	22	20	19	26	23	22
JULY	23	35	26	15	11	27	24	24	27	20	7	16	12

INDIANS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	4	32	12	2	1	9	4	6	6	4	11	14	11
MAY	2	36	1	1	16	2	2	2	10	17	14	4	10
JUNE	7	40	5	4	9	8	7	7	13	22	8	16	14
JULY	6	34	19	10	10	11	11	21	7	6	3	23	1

MARINERS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	27	37	23	29	20	23	25	25	17	19	20	25	8
MAY	20	42	13	18	29	9	19	22	3	21	24	21	12
JUNE	24	37	11	7	27	10	26	20	21	25	27	27	16
JULY	1	36	5	2	1	7	2	5	20	8	2	12	2

MARLINS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	19	45	11	9	23	13	19	21	22	17	22	24	12
MAY	29	40	26	28	4	28	30	21	29	27	23	18	27
JUNE	9	42	22	13	3	17	8	13	8	15	6	14	7
JULY	28	41	15	17	5	23	29	27	29	24	22	29	22

METS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	28	40	28	25	26	29	18	11	26	20	23	12	21
MAY	28	42	20	25	13	22	24	16	19	30	30	11	28
JUNE	21	36	25	27	25	28	16	8	27	7	19	11	12
JULY	19	37	23	20	13	26	16	14	19	17	14	7	19

NATIONALS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	24	32	25	28	28	22	23	24	3	11	18	22	16
MAY	26	29	29	19	23	27	16	17	8	18	17	29	22
JUNE	25	31	23	22	26	19	25	23	16	16	25	22	8
JULY	17	33	20	24	20	24	14	13	17	9	12	17	8

ORIOLES

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	20	39	24	11	14	25	22	17	25	10	15	27	3
MAY	17	42	27	9	11	14	20	25	4	20	11	26	21
JUNE	28	44	28	20	30	27	29	29	23	9	24	24	24
JULY	3	40	8	7	15	2	3	16	1	1	8	15	17

PADRES

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	22	36	13	24	27	14	16	14	14	23	26	19	24
MAY	18	42	10	22	10	20	21	13	30	15	19	13	15
JUNE	8	39	14	19	24	9	3	2	2	11	11	3	17
JULY	13	41	9	14	27	3	7	4	4	30	30	18	16

PHILLIES

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	23	36	20	22	30	18	13	12	7	28	29	16	19
MAY	25	42	17	23	17	26	29	30	28	8	12	27	5
JUNE	16	36	30	28	6	30	14	14	24	23	5	7	5
JULY	12	35	17	11	8	16	21	17	8	21	27	3	4

PIRATES

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	25	37	29	18	17	26	28	29	8	22	16	26	4
MAY	7	40	24	5	8	15	11	15	6	11	9	19	13
JUNE	11	37	13	16	12	13	12	21	15	6	2	9	15
JULY	7	36	12	5	7	10	13	19	12	7	9	25	10

RANGERS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	14	35	26	23	24	21	11	23	2	2	2	15	20
MAY	27	36	28	29	25	29	26	27	25	6	8	23	3
JUNE	14	39	16	10	15	21	19	16	25	10	13	12	6
JULY	15	33	14	16	16	21	17	10	28	10	11	6	20

RAYS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	18	38	14	10	6	15	27	30	16	15	9	28	22
MAY	22	36	12	26	9	16	23	23	26	12	20	10	23
JUNE	20	36	27	26	18	26	13	17	10	27	12	8	19
JULY	20	33	10	19	17	13	28	29	14	15	13	20	14

RED SOX

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	7	34	3	3	2	2	12	13	24	8	7	8	28
MAY	13	33	18	14	26	6	3	5	1	24	22	3	29
JUNE	4	34	15	2	1	11	9	15	14	12	3	20	1
JULY	8	34	7	9	12	6	12	7	9	26	25	11	6

REDS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	1	48	5	7	9	5	2	3	19	1	1	2	1
MAY	24	41	16	20	21	24	28	29	27	2	3	28	19
JUNE	23	46	24	23	22	23	23	27	19	5	7	25	18
JULY	11	40	13	23	29	14	5	2	13	5	10	9	18

ROCKIES

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	5	39	10	15	7	11	7	9	11	7	3	10	10
MAY	9	34	19	15	20	17	8	11	12	10	6	16	9
JUNE	27	39	20	25	23	24	21	19	26	18	21	26	26
JULY	27	36	29	22	26	29	25	30	24	2	5	19	26

ROYALS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	26	35	21	27	10	27	26	28	30	6	4	29	25
MAY	8	40	25	21	22	23	5	12	13	1	1	15	4
JUNE	12	38	21	12	4	18	15	24	17	2	4	17	9
JULY	5	40	4	1	2	4	18	25	18	3	6	14	9

TIGERS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	30	36	30	30	29	30	30	18	28	30	28	18	30
MAY	21	32	9	10	28	7	18	20	5	23	25	17	30
JUNE	30	36	26	29	19	25	30	28	28	28	29	30	30
JULY	30	35	16	27	19	20	30	28	26	22	23	30	30

TWINS

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	15	40	9	14	16	10	24	27	9	16	6	30	27
MAY	30	38	30	30	30	30	25	26	23	19	13	30	25
JUNE	22	42	17	14	11	12	27	30	3	14	20	29	29
JULY	14	39	30	21	23	19	6	22	3	4	1	27	13

WHITE SOX

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	2	36	1	1	13	1	1	1	12	3	10	3	13
MAY	6	37	2	11	7	4	13	9	16	25	26	12	7
JUNE	26	43	18	17	10	20	24	25	22	24	15	28	27
JULY	26	42	22	18	28	25	27	18	21	27	26	21	3

YANKEES

MONTH	RANK	%RP	AVG	ERA	HR/9	WHIP	xFIP	K%	BB%	GB%	FB%	CONTACT%	HARD%
APRIL	3	33	6	4	3	7	3	4	15	18	5	7	7
MAY	3	38	3	7	2	8	9	7	17	13	15	2	1
JUNE	17	35	7	15	17	16	17	9	29	26	23	5	25
JULY	4	42	3	6	6	5	4	1	16	13	28	5	7

Elite Bullpens – Astros, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Indians, Red Sox, Royals, Yankees

Bullpens to Target – Giants, Marlins, Mets, Nationals, Rockies, Tigers, Twins, White Sox

Most Improved from April to July – Cardinals, Mariners, Royals, Pirates, Phillies, Padres, Orioles

Biggest decline from April to July – Angels, Astros, Braves, Giants, Rockies, White Sox

Highest Bullpen Usage – Marlins, Orioles, Reds, Blue Jays, Padres, White Sox

Lowest Bullpen Usage – Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Giants, Nationals, Red Sox

TRADE DEADLINE IMPACT

Teams that Improved – Dodgers, Red Sox, Astros, Nationals, Cubs, Yankees

Teams that Got Weaker – White Sox, Twins, Tigers, Athletics, Mets

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