Late Relief Is About to Get Crazy

[Weenus O'Baggins]

After yet another Sewald save after a Ginkel 8th inning hold, I have to wonder what happens when Puk and Martinez come back.

Sewald is currently rocking a 0.78 WHIP. which is a nonsense number. It's not sustainable, but anything sub 1 is elite.

Ginkel: A 3 million dollar arbitration player coming off a bad year is usually a free agent. The Dbacks picked up that option and the result is that Ginkel is one of the Dbacks best pitchers by pretty much any metric. Hazen is smarter than me.

I believe Sewald is the closer for the foreseeable future. Maybe he meltsdown a few times, but he is having a career year and you just can't take that away from him.

I think the guy that is out is Pfaadt. He goes back to triple A and gets back to being the emergency starter

 

[82CardsGrad]

Puk has never really been a true closer. So I think things will hinge on JMart and how effective he will be once he returns.
I agree there is no way Sewald is removed from his closer role… unless he begins to falter and JMart shows signs he can fill the role.
I think any combo of Puk, Ginkel, Sewald and Thompson would become the 6th, 7th and 8th inning guys and as you said, Pfaadt goes back down to Reno.
Not sure what happens to Morrillo. Same for Loizika and Garcia. They’ll need the arms as there is no way our starters will continue to pitch so consistently into the 5th, 6th and 7th innings…

 

[TigToad]

If Puk goes into left handed specialist and Martinez goes back to set up role while Sewald is on fire and we bump down guys throwing well, that’s an amazing situation.

 

[AZ Native]

If Puk goes into left handed specialist and Martinez goes back to set up role while Sewald is on fire and we bump down guys throwing well, that’s an amazing situation.

Not to be a Debbie Downer but we need depth due to ongoing injuries.

 

[TigToad]

Not to be a Debbie Downer but we need depth due to ongoing injuries.

Sure… but it’s never bad to get two good arms back.

 

[Sparky16]

After yet another Sewald save after a Ginkel 8th inning hold, I have to wonder what happens when Puk and Martinez come back.

Sewald is currently rocking a 0.78 WHIP. which is a nonsense number. It's not sustainable, but anything sub 1 is elite.

Ginkel: A 3 million dollar arbitration player coming off a bad year is usually a free agent. The Dbacks picked up that option and the result is that Ginkel is one of the Dbacks best pitchers by pretty much any metric. Hazen is smarter than me.

I believe Sewald is the closer for the foreseeable future. Maybe he meltsdown a few times, but he is having a career year and you just can't take that away from him.

I think the guy that is out is Pfaadt. He goes back to triple A and gets back to being the emergency starter

I would take Puk or Martinez as closer 8 days a week over Sewald