Closer Monkey

Tag: Colin Holderman

  • James McArthur pitches his way to the top of the Royals’ hierarchy

    September 23, 2023 Kansas City Royals – James McArthur pitched 1.2 scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts to pick up his second save.  McArthur has an ugly ERA because he gave up 7 earned runs in one inning in his first appearance of the season but he has reeled off nine straight scoreless outings…

  • Ryan Helsley to lead closer committee after JoJo Romero’s mystery injury

    September 5, 2023 St. Louis Cardinals – While there’s still been no official word — or any specific injury designation — from the team, MLB’s transactions page showed that the Cardinals have placed JoJo Romero on the IL, retroactive to Sept. 2. Look for Ryan Helsley and Giovanny Gallegos to share save opportunities in his absence. Updated hierarchy:…

  • 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…

  • Say hello to Beau [insert nickname here] Brieske

    August 11, 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates – After throwing 54 pitches in a four-day span, David Bednar got a second consecutive day off, which allowed Colin Holderman to get his second save of the season. Hierarchy remains: Bednar | Holderman | Mlodzinski. Detroit Tigers – After AJ Hinch’s weekend comments, we figured the Tigers would start…

  • 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…