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Closer Monkey | 2026

  • Joe Barlow moves to the top of the Rangers’ committee

    August 14, 2021 Texas Rangers — Spencer Patton got the ball in the 8th inning with a three-run lead, leaving the 9th inning for Joe Barlow.  Barlow has been excellent this year and hasn’t given up a run since his first appearance in July.  Meanwhile, Spencer Patton has blown two of his three save chances…

  • Field of Dreams a place of nightmares for closers

    August 13, 2021 Baltimore Orioles — Tyler Wells returned from the injured list on Thursday and pitched a clean ninth inning in a two-run loss. Brandon Hyde says that he still intends to use Wells primarily in a closer role, so we’ll reinstate him to the head of the Baltimore committee. Updated hierarchy: *Wells |…

  • Zack Britton has the inside track in the Bronx (or, tonight, Iowa)

    August 12, 2021 New York Yankees — For the third time since Aroldis Chapman’s injury, Zack Britton got the ninth inning for the Yankees, protecting a three-run lead for his first save of the season. The Yankees will likely continue to treat this as a committee, but it looks like the experienced Britton will get…

  • Rowan Wick returns for the Cubs

    August 11, 2021 Chicago Cubs — The Cubs activated Rowan Wick from the IL prior to the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader. Wick pitched a perfect seventh inning in that contest with the Cubs trailing, 6-2. It was his first MLB appearance since Sept. 16, 2020. We’ll move Wick right to the top of this…

  • Wandy Peralta rescues the Yankees in the 11th

    August 10, 2021 New York Yankees – The Yankees bullpen tied an MLB record on Monday by blowing a save four different times before Wandy Peralta finally closed the door in the 11th. Perhaps even more amazingly, they did so in four consecutive innings (7th through 10th), as Jonathan Loiasiga, Chad Green, Zack Britton, and…

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