Closer Monkey

Category: Kansas City Royals

  • Ryne Stanek logs first Marlins save in over a month

    August 26, 2019 Toronto Blue Jays – Ken Giles returned from the paternity list and should resume closing immediately. Look for Derek Law to join Jason Adam and others in bridging the gap to Giles. Updated hierarchy: Giles | Law | Adam. Miami Marlins – The Marlins posted their first save in over a month,…

  • 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…

  • Mickey Callaway refuses to even attempt the Roommate Switch

    July 6, 2019 New York Mets — Edwin Diaz’s frustrating season continued last night as he entered a tied game in the ninth and got tagged for four runs. After the game, Mickey Callaway said he’d consider a switch at closer if somebody else could do a better job. At this point, that list includes…

  • Matt the Cat earns his first save of the season

    July 1, 2019 Kansas City Royals – Wily Peralta has had a rough go of it lately, recording as many outs (5) as earned runs allowed (5) in his last three outings. So with the Royals protecting a 1-run lead, they went to Kevin McCarthy and Jake Diekman to bridge the gap to Ian Kennedy.…

  • Carlos Martinez to close for the Cardinals

    June 26, 2019 St. Louis Cardinals – When the news that Jordan Hicks tore his UCL came out, we initially liked Carlos Martinez to be the closer. We moved John Gant ahead of Martinez based on comments from John Mozeliak, but now Mozeliak has changed course after talking with Mike Shildt and said yesterday that…