Closer Monkey

Tag: Aroldis Chapman

  • It’s time to talk about Rangers’ Will Smith

    August 25, 2023 Texas Rangers – Will Smith allowed a solo home run Thursday in his inning of work. That on its own is no big deal, but the appearance was his third straight that he’s been scored upon. He has allowed runs in six of his last eight appearances, raising his season ERA from…

  • Blown-save-a-palooza hits bullpens across baseball

    August 14, 2023 New York Yankees – Clay Holmes has been great lately, but yesterday was bad, as he coughed up a 4-run lead and then took the loss after Tommy Kahnle was unable to stem the damage. Holmes was in and out of a committee earlier this season, and we’ll see if this outing…

  • Jordan Luplow is funny

    August 12, 2023 Boston Red Sox – We took a shot in the dark yesterday in predicting that Kyle Barraclough would get a vulture save, and while that didn’t happen, Barraclough did get a win, posting 1.1 scoreless innings. The save went to Chris Murphy, who pitched three scoreless to finish off the 5-2 victory.…

  • Will Smith becoming clear leader in Texas; Tigers’ roles getting murkier

    August 8, 2023 Detroit Tigers – Alex Lange pitched the 8th inning last night in a game that the Tigers were losing by 8 runs, which feels like as good a time as any to highlight this AJ Hinch quote from the weekend, whereupon he gave Lange whatever the opposite of a vote of confidence…

  • Yunior Marte cleans up Jeff Hoffman’s mess

    July 24, 2023 Cincinnati Reds – Lucas Sims picked up the save on Sunday, with Alexis Diaz getting the day off after a heavy workload. +1 for the Vulture Save Watch. Hierarchy remains: Diaz | Sims | Farmer. Houston Astros – Ryan Pressly got a second day off after pitching in three straight, allowing Bryan…