Streaming Relievers Gains Momentum
Fantasy baseball enthusiasts are increasingly turning to streaming relievers as a way to capitalize on bullpen volatility, and the latest weekly notes highlight a handful of arms whose recent usage patterns suggest high upside.
The Philadelphia Phillies made a pair of moves that could reshape their late‑inning options. Right‑hander Brad Keller was placed on the 15‑day injured list retroactively to July 13, 2026 after a right elbow UCL tear was diagnosed, while the club promoted Seth Johnson from the Lehigh Valley IronPigs to fill the vacancy.
Depth charts released by the team’s analytics department map each reliever’s expected innings against specific opponents, allowing daily players to pinpoint matchups that offer the best chance of strikeouts and low ERAs.
Why Process+ Matters
Offensive evaluations in the same piece rely on Process+ — a metric that isolates a batter’s underlying skills from raw results — to rank lineups. The resulting order differs from traditional power‑based rankings and underscores the importance of underlying performance when projecting future output.
Analyst Kyle Bland, who oversees the Process+ calculations, invites questions via his Twitter handle @blandalytics, and points readers to the RP Roundup and weekly RP Ranks for a deeper dive into reliever matchups and projected performances.