Closer Monkey

Tag: Alex Wilson

  • Matt Belisle would have had the first post-Kintzler Twins save chance

    August 3, 2017 [EDITOR’S NOTE: Our Donation Drive continues through this week. As always, we are extremely grateful for your support!] Minnesota Twins — Some — including a Twins beat writer on Twitter! — scoffed when we predicted Matt Belisle would be best-positioned in the Twins bullpen if Brandon Kintzler was traded. But Wednesday night found…

  • Is Jose Leclerc leading the committee in Texas?

    August 2, 2017 [EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re running our Donation Drive this week. As always, we are extremely grateful for your support!] Texas Rangers – If the last two games are any indication, Alex Claudio is perhaps not the preferred arm in the ninth inning for the Rangers. With Texas trailing by a run, Claudio pitched…

  • Shane Greene likely to close in Detroit after Justin Wilson traded to Cubs

    July 31, 2017 Detroit Tigers — The Tigers shipped Justin Wilson to the Cubs on Sunday night, pending a medical review. Shane Greene should be the first choice for saves now in Detroit, with Bruce Rondon and Alex Wilson behind him. Updated hierarchy: Greene | Rondon | A. Wilson. Chicago Cubs — The Cubs bolstered their…

  • Seung Hwan Oh, yes! Final Boss grabs his first save in weeks

    July 7, 2017 Arizona Diamondbacks — Before Sunday, Fernando Rodney hadn’t allowed an earned run since April, if you can believe that. Thursday marks his second straight blown save, however. Entering the game with a 4-1 lead in the ninth, Rodney allowed this sequence: single, walk, walk, bases-loaded walk, two-run single, intentional walk. His fourth and final charged…

  • 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…