Closer Monkey

Category: Los Angeles Angels

  • Paul Sewald the favorite for saves in Seattle after Kendall Graveman trade

    July 28, 2021 Houston Astros – As we reported yesterday, the Astros acquired Kendall Graveman from the Mariners. Dusty Baker said after the trade that Ryan Pressly will remain the team’s closer, though Graveman gives them a great option when Pressly isn’t available. Updated hierarchy: Pressly | Graveman | Stanek. Seattle Mariners – The Mariners…

  • Trade Deadline Buy/Sell: American League

    July 15, 2021 Special Update (Part 1 of 2 — check back later for the National League) —–Glossary:BUY+: This player has a strong chance (at least 50%) of becoming a closer by the trade deadline.BUY: This player has a small chance (at least 20%) of becoming a closer by the trade deadline.SELL: This player has…

  • Chad Green continues his strong work for the Yankees

    July 8, 2021 New York Yankees — For years, a one-run lead in the ninth inning has produced a Pavlovian response in Yankees fans: Aroldis Chapman. But a month of increasingly harsh negative reinforcement has flipped the script, leaving them newly desperate to not see their $17.2 million closer in a tight spot (examples one, two,…

  • Kendall Graveman returns to Seattle

    June 12, 2021 Seattle Mariners — Kendall Graveman was activated from the IL yesterday, although he didn’t get a chance to pitch in a blowout loss. As a part of the move, Kenyan Middleton was optioned to AAA. Graveman immediately jumps to the top of the committee to hopefully pick up right where he left…

  • Mike Mayers and Tyler Rogers each grab a save

    May 17, 2021 Los Angeles Angels – Having not used him in six days, the Angels wanted to get Raisel Iglesias some work, so they summoned him for the bottom of the 8th down by a run. Iglesias pitched a scoreless inning and would go on to get the win when the Angels scored twice…