Closer Monkey

Closer Monkey | 2026

  • Sam Dyson converts save for Giants while Rangers are trying something new

    July 2, 2017 San Francisco Giants — Despite being 0/4 in save chances, having seven losses as a reliever, and having an ERA of 9.00 on the season, the Giants summoned Sam Dyson to protect a one run lead and it worked! Dyson pitched a scoreless eleventh inning to convert his first save of the…

  • Keone Kela will head up a new closer committee for Texas

    July 1, 2017 Texas Rangers — As we warned in this morning’s update, Jeff Banister announced that the Rangers will move to a closer-by-committee approach, with Keone Kela leading the way (when healthy) ahead of Jose Leclerc, Alex Claudio, and — at least eventually — Matt Bush. Updated hierarchy: *Kela | Leclerc | Claudio. *…

  • Matt Bush could be out of a job very, very soon

    July 1, 2017 Texas Rangers — Matt Bush blew his third save in the last five chances, the league-leading 16th blown save for Texas this season. After the game, the normally taciturn Jeff Banister kept repeating, “We’ve got to find a way to close baseball games out.” Complicating that search immensely is Keone Kela’s struggle with…

  • The Nationals’ bullpen is still bad

    June 30, 2017 Washington Nationals – As predicted in yesterday’s Vulture Save Watch, Matt Albers and Enny Romero each enjoyed an off day. They had good seats to watch Blake Treinen fall behind all seven hitters he faced in the ninth inning en route to blowing a two-run lead. While the Nats are probably still a…

  • Trevor Rosenthal earns a stressful save for the Cardinals; Sam Dyson closing in San Francisco

    June 29, 2017 St. Louis Cardinals — After Seung Hwan Oh’s third blown save on Tuesday, Mike Matheny left the door open for a change in the ninth inning. Tonight Brett Cecil (resurgent, but still leading the league in relief meltdowns) shut down the heart of the Arizona lineup in the eighth, and it was Trevor…

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