Closer Monkey

Tag: Corey Knebel

  • Jeurys Familia likely out for a while with arterial clot in throwing shoulder

    May 12, 2017 New York Mets — Mets closer Jeurys Familia has an arterial clot in his throwing shoulder and will likely be out for a while, if not the rest of the season. According to the team, Familia will see Dr. Robert Thompson, who performed season-ending surgery to alleviate thoracic outlet syndrome on Mets starting pitcher Matt…

  • Zach Britton returns; Daniel Hudson getting knocked around

    May 2, 2017 San Francisco Giants – Mark Melancon got the night off after pitching in four of the previous five games, so late inning duties went to Steven Okert and Derek Law. After Okert navigated the 8th and got the first two hitters in the 9th, Law was summoned to face Yasiel Puig. It…

  • Could Joe Biagini get some save opportunities in Toronto?

    April 29, 2017 Toronto Blue Jays — The Blue Jays’ bullpen continues to be a disaster. Presumptive setup man Jason Grilli was brought in with one out in the eighth inning to protect a one-run lead, and immediately gave up the tying homer and a walk. After a strikeout, Grilli was pulled, but took the…

  • Shawn Kelley still likely to get next Washington save opportunity

    April 20, 2017 Washington Nationals — A 10-run win means the new Nationals closer committee will have to wait for its big debut. Expect Shawn Kelley to get the first shot, but because he probably won’t be used in back-to-back games, Koda Glover could see a fair amount of chances too. Updated hierarchy: *Kelley | Glover |…

  • Seung-Hwan Oh struggling; Matt Bush to get the first look in Texas

    April 18, 2017 St. Louis Cardinals – Finally, in their 13th game of the season, Seung Hwan Oh notched his first save for the Cardinals. But he struggled in doing so, giving back half of the Cardinals’ two-run lead before and letting the tying run reach second before inducing a hard groundout from John Jaso to…