Closer Monkey | 2026
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Roenis Elias earns a seven-out save
May 15, 2019 Seattle Mariners — Roenis Elias entered the seventh inning with the bases loaded and two outs. He recorded a strikeout to end that threat and then struck out the side in the eighth inning. Elias stayed on for the ninth and recorded another strikeout before capping off his impressive 30-pitch save by…
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Where’d you go, Hector Neris?
May 14, 2019 Philadelphia Phillies – Despite appearing just once in the past 10 games, Hector Neris stayed in the bullpen with the Phillies up three in the 9th inning; instead, Pat Neshek got his second save of the year. We’ll watch this one closely to see if any news about Neris emerges in the…
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Luke Jackson solidifies place atop Braves bullpen
May 13, 2019 Colorado Rockies – The Rockies were hoping that a struggling Seunghwan Oh could close out a 7-run blowout on Sunday, but the righty struggled, and needed Scott Oberg’s help to finish out the game. Oh now has a 10.05 ERA on the year, and we’d expect the Rockies to give more chances…
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Mariners’ bullpen continues to be unpredictable
May 12, 2019 Seattle Mariners — The Mariners have one of the most unpredictable closer situations and that will likely continue until Hunter Strickland returns. Yesterday, Roenis Elias came on in the 3rd inning and did not fare very well. Brandon Brennan pitched a scoreless ninth inning with the Mariners down four. However, it’s probably…
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Another Anthony Swarzak appearance, another home run for the other team
May 11, 2019 Seattle Mariners — Anthony Swarzak did not get the next save chance for the Mariners. In fact, he pitched in the fifth and sixth innings of a blowout loss, and gave up a home run for the sixth time in his last seven outings. The Mariners are clearly not comfortable using him…
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