Closer Monkey

Tag: Ken Giles

  • 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…

  • Dodgers overhaul bullpen with Maeda, Stripling; Madson claims injury after blown save

    August 13, 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers – With Alex Wood and Hyun-Jin Ryu ready to return to the rotation, Kenta Maeda and Ross Stripling are headed for the bullpen. They are both having perfectly fine seasons, so this isn’t really viewed as a demotion for either of them, and Dave Roberts now has some intriguing…

  • Thyago Vieira records save for White Sox

    August 5, 2018 Chicago White Sox — For the third consecutive game, the White Sox held a narrow late in the game and for the third time in a row, they called on someone new to close it out.  Thyago Vieira, making his third appearance since getting called up in late July, struck out a…

  • Wade Davis and Kyle Barraclough will remain closers

    August 4, 2018 Colorado Rockies — Wade Davis was given a lead for the second night in a row, and for the second night in a row he blew the save and took the loss in walk-off fashion. Last night it was a three-run homer by Eric Thames that handed Davis his 6th blown save of…

  • Who’s the White Sox closer? We don’t know.

    August 3, 2018 Miami Marlins — Things have not gone smoothly for Kyle Barraclough lately. Thursday marked his third consecutive blown save and second walk-off homer in two weeks. After the game, Don Mattingly didn’t want to make any knee-jerk decisions, but he promised to “talk about” changing things in the ninth. You’ve been warned. Handcuff yourself…