What A Relief: Saves Earned in the Last 14 Days

In the past 14 days, 48 different relief pithers have earned saves. 17 of those pitchers had ERAs over 4, including J.J. Putz' 23.14, Addison Reed's 18.00, David Robertson's 10.80, & Frank Francisco and John Axford both with 10.13.

PITCHER	TM	W	L	ERA	G	GF	SV	AB	H	TB	HR	INN	R	ER	BB	IBB	SO	BA	SLG
Putz, J.J.	ARI	0	1	23.14	3	2	1	14	7	15	2	2.1	6	6	0	0	4	0.500	1.071
Reed, Addison	CHW	0	0	18.00	5	3	3	13	4	6	0	3.0	6	6	4	2	5	0.308	0.462
Robertson, David	NYY	0	1	10.80	4	3	1	13	4	7	1	3.1	4	4	3	0	6	0.308	0.538
Francisco, Frank	NYM	0	2	10.13	7	6	4	25	9	12	0	5.1	6	6	3	0	6	0.360	0.480
Axford, John	MIL	0	1	10.13	3	2	1	15	5	8	0	2.2	5	3	1	1	7	0.333	0.533
Bell, Heath	MIA	2	0	9.00	6	3	1	21	8	13	0	5.0	5	5	4	3	3	0.381	0.619
Rodriguez, Henry	WAS	1	2	8.10	8	6	3	24	5	11	2	6.2	6	6	6	0	9	0.208	0.458
Marmol, Carlos	CHC	0	0	7.36	5	1	1	14	2	3	0	3.2	5	3	7	0	6	0.143	0.214
Sipp, Tony	CLE	0	0	5.79	6	2	1	20	7	12	1	4.2	3	3	3	0	6	0.350	0.600
Papelbon, Jonathan	PHI	0	1	5.40	5	5	2	18	3	7	1	5.0	3	3	1	0	8	0.167	0.389
Balfour, Grant	OAK	1	0	5.40	6	3	1	20	7	11	0	5.0	3	3	3	1	4	0.350	0.550
Martinez, Cristhian	ATL	1	0	5.19	6	2	1	31	6	12	1	8.2	5	5	2	0	4	0.194	0.387
Hanrahan, Joel	PIT	0	0	4.76	6	4	3	21	4	9	1	5.2	3	3	3	0	4	0.190	0.429
Kimbrel, Craig	ATL	0	0	4.50	4	3	3	15	3	3	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	7	0.200	0.200
Mujica, Edward	MIA	0	0	4.50	7	2	2	21	5	7	0	6.0	3	3	2	1	3	0.238	0.333
Peralta, Joel	TB	0	2	4.50	7	4	2	24	6	17	3	6.0	3	3	1	0	8	0.250	0.708
Logan, Boone	NYY	0	0	4.26	8	1	1	27	9	13	0	6.1	3	3	1	1	11	0.333	0.481

On the contrary, Jonathan Broxton (5), Jason Motte (3), Fernando Rodney (3), Dale Thayer (3), Casey Jenssen (2), Scott Downs, Latroy Hawkins, Brandon League, Logan Ondrusek and Hudson Street earned saves without giving up a run in the past 2 weeks.

PITCHER	TM	W	L	ERA	G	GF	SV	AB	H	TB	HR	INN	R	ER	BB	IBB	SO	BA	SLG
Broxton, Jonathan	KC	0	0	0.00	6	6	5	20	5	6	0	6.0	0	0	2	0	2	0.250	0.300
Motte, Jason	STL	0	0	0.00	5	4	3	20	3	3	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	7	0.150	0.150
Rodney, Fernando	TB	1	0	0.00	5	4	3	23	5	5	0	6.1	1	0	1	0	6	0.217	0.217
Thayer, Dale	SD	0	0	0.00	6	4	3	19	5	5	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	6	0.263	0.263
Janssen, Casey	TOR	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	10	1	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0.100	0.100
Downs, Scott	LAA	0	0	0.00	2	1	1	3	1	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0.333	0.333
Hawkins, LaTroy	LAA	0	0	0.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000
League, Brandon	SEA	0	0	0.00	4	4	1	11	1	2	0	4.0	0	0	2	0	2	0.091	0.182
Ondrusek, Logan	CIN	2	0	0.00	5	2	1	14	2	2	0	4.1	0	0	3	0	1	0.143	0.143
Street, Huston	SD	0	0	0.00	2	1	1	5	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	1	0	3	0.000	0.000

21 others also recorded at least one save, and did so while having an ERA in the 1.00-4.00 range.  Included in this group is Rafael Dolis of the Chicago Cubs.  Dolis has taken over the closer role for Carlos Marmol and has earned 3 saves.  The 2 earned runs he has allowed over the last two weeks came in a blown save opportunity against the Brewers when he allowed a game tying two run home run in the bottom of the 9th to Corey Hart.

PITCHER	TM	W	L	ERA	G	GF	SV	AB	H	TB	HR	INN	R	ER	BB	IBB	SO	BA	SLG
Norberto, Jordan	OAK	0	0	1.13	6	2	1	28	4	5	0	8.0	1	1	1	0	8	0.143	0.179
Johnson, Jim	BAL	0	0	1.29	6	5	4	23	2	5	1	7.0	1	1	0	0	6	0.087	0.217
Hagadone, Nick	CLE	0	0	1.50	6	3	1	19	2	5	1	6.0	1	1	2	0	5	0.105	0.263
Capps, Matt	MIN	0	1	1.50	6	6	3	22	4	4	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	4	0.182	0.182
Padilla, Vicente	BOS	0	0	1.50	5	1	1	22	6	8	0	6.0	2	1	1	0	4	0.273	0.364
Myers, Brett	HOU	0	0	1.50	6	4	4	21	4	5	0	6.0	1	1	2	1	3	0.190	0.238
Cruz, Juan	PIT	0	0	1.59	6	1	1	18	4	5	0	5.2	1	1	4	0	3	0.222	0.278
Casilla, Santiago	SF	0	1	1.69	6	5	4	23	5	9	1	5.1	3	1	2	1	3	0.217	0.391
Jansen, Kenley	LAD	0	0	1.80	5	3	2	17	3	5	0	5.0	1	1	1	0	6	0.176	0.294
Marshall, Sean	CIN	1	0	1.93	5	3	1	22	8	12	1	4.2	1	1	0	0	7	0.364	0.545
Guerra, Javy	LAD	0	0	1.93	5	3	1	18	5	6	0	4.2	1	1	2	0	5	0.278	0.333
Dolis, Rafael	CHC	1	1	2.08	7	5	3	26	4	7	1	8.2	3	2	2	0	5	0.154	0.269
Aceves, Alfredo	BOS	0	0	2.35	5	3	2	27	6	6	0	7.2	2	2	3	0	11	0.222	0.222
Hernandez, Livan	ATL	1	0	2.70	5	3	1	23	6	11	1	6.2	2	2	4	2	5	0.261	0.478
Burnett, Sean	WAS	0	0	2.70	4	2	1	12	3	5	0	3.1	1	1	0	0	2	0.250	0.417
Valverde, Jose	DET	1	1	3.00	6	6	3	21	4	7	1	6.0	2	2	4	1	7	0.190	0.333
Nathan, Joe	TEX	0	0	3.00	3	3	1	12	4	7	1	3.0	1	1	1	0	4	0.333	0.583
Perez, Chris	CLE	0	1	3.18	6	6	5	22	3	5	0	5.2	2	2	1	0	4	0.136	0.227
Fuentes, Brian	OAK	1	0	3.38	5	2	2	19	5	8	0	5.1	2	2	1	0	4	0.263	0.421
Soriano, Rafael	NYY	0	0	3.86	7	3	2	28	6	11	0	7.0	3	3	2	0	6	0.214	0.393
Rauch, Jon	NYM	0	1	3.86	5	2	1	21	7	12	0	4.2	2	2	0	0	3	0.333	0.571

Here is a breakdown of each team who earned a save in the past 14 days, and how many pitchers they used to close out the wins.

	Pitchers	Saves
Arizona Diamondbacks	1	1
Atlanta Braves	3	5
Baltimore Orioles	1	4
Boston Red Sox	2	4
Chicago Cubs	2	4
Chicago White Sox	1	3
Cincinatti Reds	2	2
Cleveland Indians	3	7
Detroit Tigers	1	3
Houston Astros	1	4
Kansas City Royals	1	5
Los Angeles Angels	2	2
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	3
Miami Marlins	2	1
Milwaukee Brewers	1	1
Minnesota Twins	1	3
New York Mets	2	5
New York Yankees	3	4
Oakland Athletics	3	4
Philadelphia Phillies	1	2
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	4
San Diego Padres	2	4
Seattle Mariners	1	1
San Francisco Giants	1	4
St. Louis Cardinals	1	3
Tampa Bay Rays	2	5
Texas Rangers	1	1
Toronto Blue Jays	1	2
Washington Nationals	2	4

Stats from USA Today