Koda Glover cementing himself at the top of the Nationals’ committee

May 22, 2017

Texas Rangers – Matt Bush’s 33-pitch outing on Friday — his third appearance in four days at the time — was apparently tiring enough that the Rangers wanted to give him a second day off on Sunday. So Keone Kela picked up the save, firing a perfect 9th inning with two strikeouts. Kela’s appearance followed another encouraging outing from former closer Sam Dyson, who struck out three in 1.2 clean innings.

Hierarchy remains: Bush | Kela | Dyson.

Washington Nationals – Koda Glover entered Sunday’s game with two outs in the 8th and the tying run on second base, striking out Nick Markakis to maintain the Nationals’ slim lead. He then stayed on for the 9th, wrapping up the 3-2 victory and taking a step towards kicking his asterisk.

Hierarchy remains: *Glover | Kelley | Albers.
* = closer-by-committee

VULTURE SAVE WATCH
Today
1. Felipe Rivero – Tony Watson has gone three straight.

Tomorrow
1. Tyler Clippard – Dellin Betances went 1.1 innings yesterday, so if he goes today, he’ll probably need Tuesday off.
2. Joakim Soria – If Kelvin Herrera goes today, it’ll be back to back and four of five.