Closer Monkey

Category: Detroit Tigers

  • A pair of first career saves

    August 21, 2023 Seattle Mariners – The Mariners were forced to go to their bullpen early, and with only Andres Munoz and Gabriel Speier left as high leverage arms they gave Munoz the 8th inning. This left the 9th for Speier, who converted for his first career save. This was almost certainly a matchup based…

  • Jason Foley picks up another save for the Tigers

    August 20, 2023 Detroit Tigers – Jason Foley struck out a pair in a perfect 9th inning to record his 7th save of the season.  Foley has recoreded the last three saves for the Tigers and one more should be enough to kick the asterisk. Hierarchy remains: *Foley | Brieske | Cisnero.* = closer-by-committee Los…

  • Paul Sewald, Jason Foley, and JoJo Romero record saves

    August 13, 2023 Detroit Tigers – Jason Foley returned from the bereavement list yesterday and recorded the last five outs of a 6-2 win to pick up his 5th save of the season.  Foley will likely be the best bet for a save on any given night at this point and we will monitor this…

  • Say hello to Beau [insert nickname here] Brieske

    August 11, 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates – After throwing 54 pitches in a four-day span, David Bednar got a second consecutive day off, which allowed Colin Holderman to get his second save of the season. Hierarchy remains: Bednar | Holderman | Mlodzinski. Detroit Tigers – After AJ Hinch’s weekend comments, we figured the Tigers would start…

  • Let the Phil Bickford era begin

    August 10, 2023 New York Mets — Wednesday night, the save opportunity was all Adam Ottavino’s. But the veteran just didn’t have it, yielding a homer, a single, and a walk to put the go-ahead run on base. Naturally, the Mets turned to journeyman Phil Bickford, he of the 5.96 ERA, most famous for earning…