Closer Monkey

Tag: Cody Allen

  • Brad Brach to close for Baltimore to end the season

    September 21, 2017 Baltimore Orioles — If you missed our alert late last night, Zach Britton will have an injection in his knee and miss the rest of the season with an MCL strain. Brad Brach should get any Baltimore save chances over the final nine games, with Darren O’Day his primary backup. Updated hierarchy:…

  • Kelvin Herrera yanked again; day-to-day with forearm tightness

    September 2, 2017 Kansas City Royals — For the second time in 10 days, Kelvin Herrera was pulled from a game in a save situation with forearm tightness. Both times it’s been Scott Alexander converting the unorthodox save, giving him two more than Herrera in that time period. Alexander has been solid this year and has…

  • Anthony Swarzak moves to top of White Sox committee; Brandon Maurer dealt

    July 25, 2017 Cleveland Indians – A month or so ago, following a stretch where Andrew Miller looked vaguely human, he and Cody Allen briefly switched roles to give Miller some lower-leverage opportunities. The Indians haven’t had a ton of save opportunities lately, but we’re comfortable saying that they’ve gone back to their traditional roles;…

  • 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…

  • Cody Allen going on paternity leave; look out for Phil Maton in San Diego

    June 22, 2017 Cleveland Indians — The vaunted Allen-for-Miller role swap is on hold, it seems. When Carlos Carrasco loaded the bases up three in the seventh, Terry Francona went right back to his 6’7″ security blanket, who pulled a Houdini, then pitched a scoreless eighth for good measure. After Bryan Shaw earned the eventual one-out…