Closer Monkey

Closer Monkey | 2026

  • Welcome back to the Baltimore hierarchy, Cole Sulser

    June 2, 2021 Baltimore Orioles – The Orioles snapped their 14-game losing streak on Tuesday, but with Paul Fry unavailable, Cole Sulser pitched the ninth to earn his first save of the season. Sulser has strung together eight straight scoreless appearances to lower his ERA to 1.74 and has pitched a lot better lately than…

  • JP Feyereisen moves to the top of Tampa’s committee

    June 1, 2021 Tampa Bay Rays – JP Feyereisen now has five appearances for the Rays: a 6th inning debut, followed by four straight 9th inning save chances, of which he has converted three. (In the fourth, he gave up a run and blew the save, but stayed on and pitched the 10th for the…

  • It was Keynan Middleton’s turn for a save on Sunday

    May 31, 2021 Seattle Mariners — Keynan Middleton only needed five pitches to earn his fifth save of the year on Sunday. This comes a day after Rafael Montero picked up his seventh save of the year and two days after Erik Swanson picked up his first. It’s safe to say that this is as…

  • J.P. Feyereisen earns another save

    May 30, 2021 Tampa Bay Rays — Diego Castillo preserved a tie game in the top of the eighth against the heart of the Phillies’ order, which paved the way for J.P. Feyereisen to notch his second save of the season when the Rays took the lead in the bottom of the eighth. It looks…

  • Josh Staumont out with a knee strain

    May 29, 2021 Kansas City Royals — Josh Staumont will spend at least the next week on the IL with a knee strain. Staumont had just started to break away from the pack in the Kansas City bullpen, so this injury will put the Royals back into a murky committee. We expect Greg Holland and…

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