Closer Monkey | 2026
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Greg Holland bounces back
July 7, 2019 Arizona Diamondbacks — With the Diamondbacks up two in the bottom of the eighth, it was Greg Holland warming up for the save chance. Holland rewarded his manager’s confidence with a scoreless inning for his 13th save of the season. Holland did give up a pair of hits but he did not…
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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…
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Fernando Rodney locks down his second save of the year
July 5, 2019 Washington Nationals — Sean Doolittle earned a day off yesterday after throwing 76 pitches over the last four days, which left the final two innings to Wander Suero and Fernando Rodney. Suero allowed a hit to both batters he faced in the eighth before being pulled to set up a lefty-lefty matchup.…
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Arizona about to declare independence from Holland
July 4, 2019 Arizona Diamondbacks — This is as close to an update as Torey Lovullo will let us give you today: Greg Holland is out as closer. Evidently eager to deliver a vote of confidence after Tuesday’s 30-pitch blown save debacle, Lovullo used Holland to protect a one-run lead in the ninth. Two batters…
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At least Greg Holland didn’t give up any hits
July 3, 2019 Arizona Diamondbacks — Greg Holland seemed well on his way to a save on Tuesday when he retired the first two Dodgers he faced in the ninth inning. He even got to 0-2 against the next batter before tossing four straight balls. Holland followed that by walking the next three hitters to…
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