Fantasy Baseball: Chasing saves after the MLB trade deadline

4. Jason Grilli – TOR

The Toronto Blue Jays have been adamant all season long about protecting their young and talented arms. Aaron Sanchez and Roberto Osuna are being watched carefully.

Osuna is pitching at a near elite level when he comes into close out games, but back-to-back appearances on consecutive days are not all too common.

Jason Grilli was acquired at the very end of May and he has two saves under his belt. He’s been dominant too since coming over from Atlanta, having gone 3-1 with a 1.90 ERA with 33 punch outs in 23.2 innings pitched.

Osuna is still the main guy here, but if the Blue Jays find themselves in four to five save situations in a given week, Grilli could get the call. He’s even besting Osuna in a couple of stat categories right now too, like BAA (.154 vs .181) and K/9 (12.55 vs 11.05).

Toronto is going to try and roll with a six man rotation for the remainder of the regular season as well. That means Sanchez will not be moved to the pen, so there’s no risk of him getting a chance to close out ball games instead of Osuna, or for the sake of this article, Grilli.

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