Closer Monkey

Category: Cincinnati Reds

  • Sergio Romo dealt as trade deadline nears

    July 28, 2019 Miami Marlins — As we mentioned yesterday, Sergio Romo has been traded to the Twins, and Nick Anderson is expected to close.  There is a chance that Anderson gets traded as well, and it’s less clear who is behind him.  One option is Jose Quijada, as he picked up a save earlier…

  • Not all vulture saves are created equal

    July 24, 2019 Boston Red Sox — Alex Cora tasked Brandon Workman to get a six-out save with the Sox leading the Rays, 5-2, on Tuesday. Workman breezed through the eighth inning on 12 pitches and got two outs in the ninth, but he ran into trouble and eventually exited the game with the bases…

  • Chris Martin, Jose Leclerc to share closing duties with Shawn Kelley on the shelf

    July 23, 2019 Texas Rangers – With Shawn Kelley officially on the IL, Chris Woodward indicated that Jose Leclerc and Chris Martin would handle 9th inning duties in Kelley’s absence. We detailed their recent work in yesterday morning’s post, and figure this might come down to who converts successfully first. From an organizational perspective, the…

  • Michael Lorenzen records save while Amir Garrett returns

    July 21, 2019 Cincinnati Reds — Amir Garrett and Raisel Iglesias were both activated yesterday, although Iglesias was still unavailable.  Garrett jumped right back in with a couple strikeouts in a scoreless 7th inning and picked up the win.  With Iglesias out, Michael Lorenzen pitched the final two innings for his sixth save of the…

  • Nathan Eovaldi to be activated today

    July 20, 2019 Boston Red Sox — Nathan Eovaldi will be activated for tonight’s game in Baltimore, but he won’t necessarily be the closer right away according to Alex Cora. Cora seems to like what Brandon Workman has done lately in the ninth inning whenever David Price isn’t allowing homers to .173 hitters. Cora did…