Closer Monkey

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  • Carlos Martinez to close for the Cardinals

    June 26, 2019 St. Louis Cardinals – When the news that Jordan Hicks tore his UCL came out, we initially liked Carlos Martinez to be the closer. We moved John Gant ahead of Martinez based on comments from John Mozeliak, but now Mozeliak has changed course after talking with Mike Shildt and said yesterday that…

  • Jeremy Jeffress day-to-day with neck spasms

    September 25, 2018 New York Yankees – Aroldis Chapman pitched a clean 7th inning on Monday night, earning his first hold of the season; Dellin Betances pitched the 8th and Zach Britton pitched the 9th for the save. After a rough first outing back, Chapman has now thrown two scoreless innings. Aaron Boone has said…

  • Arodys Vizcaino earns first save since June

    September 23, 2018 Atlanta Braves – Arodys Vizcaino earned his first save since June 17 when he closed out an NL East title for the Braves on Saturday. Vizcaino still needs to work towards back-to-back appearances, which should start this week. As the Braves prepare for the postseason, it would make sense for them to…

  • Trevor Hildenberger with his third straight save, but the job isn’t all his yet

    August 16, 2018 Minnesota Twins — Trevor Hildenberger may be getting the hang of this, picking up his third save in as many chances since Fernando Rodney’s departure. Paul Molitor insists that the closer role is still fluid, and although Hildenberger was asked to pick a closer entrance song on Wednesday, so were four other…

  • Nationals, Dodgers playing bullpen roulette

    August 14, 2018 Texas Rangers – Jose LeClerc picked up his second save of the season on Monday, and for the second time, it was Cory Gearrin pitching the 8th ahead of him. With Chris Martin struggling from his return to the DL and Alex Claudio hardly ever pitching when the Rangers are ahead, look…