Closer Monkey

Tag: Amir Garrett

  • Two committees adjourned with two weeks of games to go

    September 22, 2022 Oakland A’s — Four straight saves, including three in five days, is more than enough to anoint Domingo Acevedo Oakland’s official closer down the stretch. Sam Moll, out with a strained left shoulder, has been replaced in the hierarchy by Joel Payamps. Updated hierarchy: Acevedo | Puk | Payamps. Washington Nationals —…

  • Josh Hader returns, earns save and keeps ERA at 0.00

    May 27, 2022 Milwaukee Brewers – Josh Hader returned Thursday from the family medical emergency list and picked up where he left off. He allowed a hit and a walk but kept things scoreless again to earn his 16th save. He’s awesome. Updated hierarchy: Hader | Williams | Boxberger. Seattle Mariners — Drew Steckenrider and…

  • Jhoan Duran picks up another save

    May 23, 2022 Minnesota Twins – Jhoan Duran picked up his 3rd save of the season with a scoreless 9th inning. This remains a committee, with Emilio Pagan still having a small edge on save-chance-likelihood going forward. Hierarchy remains: *Pagan | Duran | Duffey. * = closer-by-committee St. Louis Cardinals – In Sunday’s 18-run blowout,…

  • Aroldis Chapman finally gets a save

    July 21, 2021 New York Yankees — It had been a month since Aroldis Chapman had earned a save, but despite allowing a solo homer to Andrew McCutchen, the struggling reliever stuck out Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins and Didi Gregorius to convert his first save opportunity since that disastrous outing against the Mets on July 4.…

  • Yankees to “talk through” late game approach after Chapman struggles again

    July 5, 2021 New York Yankees – Aroldis Chapman had another ugly outing, consisting of a leadoff homer to tie the game, followed by a walk and a hit batsman, both of whom eventually scored. But it wasn’t just that he was bad again. It was that the two relievers who are ostensibly competing with…