Closer Monkey

Tag: Brandon Maurer

  • Enrique Burgos moves to head of committee in Arizona

    August 21, 2016 Arizona Diamondbacks — Enrique Burgos recorded his first save of the season, striking out two in the ninth inning.  Jake Barrett started the eighth inning, but was removed after giving up a hit and recording no outs.  Barrett has really struggled in August, giving up nine runs in only six innings.  Burgos has been…

  • Brandon Maurer wobbles through his first save for the Padres

    July 2, 2016 San Diego Padres — True to his word, Andy Green gave Brandon Maurer the first save opportunity in the post-Fernando Rodney era, although it wasn’t the smoothest debut. Maurer entered in the ninth, up four with two men on, and allowed a run-scoring double, an RBI groundout, and a wild pitch that lowered the lead to one.…

  • Brandon Maurer to get first shot at saves in San Diego

    July 1, 2016 San Diego Padres – Manager Andy Green has said that Brandon Maurer, and his 5.73 ERA, will get the first crack at the ninth inning.  Maurer has been much better recently and Ryan Buchter is coming off his worst outing of the season.  Buchter should still challenge for the ninth inning, and since he has been better…

  • Fernando Rodney headed to the Marlins; Ryan Buchter to close for Padres

    June 30, 2016 Miami Marlins – Rumors have been flying all afternoon, and the teams have just made it official: Fernando Rodney is headed to the Marlins in exchange for a minor leaguer. Despite the year he’s having, we think it’s unlikely that Rodney would close given his volatile history and the year that A.J. Ramos is…

  • Padres ‘pen roughed up in stunning Seattle comeback win

    June 3, 2016 San Diego Padres — The Mariners tagged Padres relievers for 10 runs in an amazing 16-13 comeback win after being down 12-2. Brandon Maurer was among the relievers touched up, yielding three runs without recording an out (to be fair, fellow hierarchy mate Ryan Buchter gave up four runs in 0.2 IP). It has…