Closer Monkey

Year: 2017

  • Shawn Kelley, Koda Glover to share closing duties for Nationals

    April 19, 2017 Washington Nationals – As expected, Dusty Baker announced that Blake Treinen will no longer be his closer. Slightly less expected was a committee, as Shawn Kelley and Koda Glover will share duties. The reasoning for this to not pitch Kelley every day due to injury concern, so do expect Glover to see some save…

  • Shawn Kelley likely to close for Nationals

    April 19, 2017 Washington Nationals – Blake Treinen and his 7.11 ERA struggled again on Tuesday, recording only one out while walking two and giving up two hits. One of those walks brought in a run and led to Dusty Baker calling on Shawn Kelley to get the save. After the game, Baker said he is…

  • Seung-Hwan Oh struggling; Matt Bush to get the first look in Texas

    April 18, 2017 St. Louis Cardinals – Finally, in their 13th game of the season, Seung Hwan Oh notched his first save for the Cardinals. But he struggled in doing so, giving back half of the Cardinals’ two-run lead before and letting the tying run reach second before inducing a hard groundout from John Jaso to…

  • Joaquin Benoit blows a save; Rangers bullpen still a mess

    April 17, 2017 Philadelphia Phillies – Joaquin Benoit allowed his first runs of the season on Sunday, blowing the save when Bryce Harper hit a 3-run walkoff against him in Washington. Benoit had been great to this point, allowing only one hit in five innings previously, but given that the wasn’t the person that most…

  • Brad Brach will close for the Orioles with Zach Britton on the DL

    April 16, 2017 Baltimore Orioles — Brad Brach should get the Baltimore save chances while Zach Britton spends time on the 10-day DL with soreness in his left forearm. Updated hierarchy:  Brach | O’Day | Givens.