Closer Monkey

Tag: Kendall Graveman

  • 2023 Tiered Closer Rankings

    The closer position seems especially volatile in 2023 after a significant injury to Edwin Diaz and Liam Hendriks was diagnosed with lymphoma. Diaz is likely to miss the entire season, while Hendriks is expected to miss at least a chunk of it, though it’s unknown how long he will be out. Best wishes to both…

  • 2023 AL Central Preview

    March 13, 2023 Chicago White Sox — All-Star closer Liam Hendriks is expected to begin the season on the IL after announcing in January that he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  The White Sox have a number of options to close games while Hendriks is out, but it looks like they will not have a…

  • Felix Bautista is day to day with knee soreness

    October 3, 2022 Baltimore Orioles – Felix Bautista is still day to day with some knee soreness, so the Orioles gave Sunday’s save chance to Dillon Tate, who converted for his 5th save of the season. Hierarchy remains: *Bautista | Tate | Perez.* = closer-by-committee Miami Marlins – The fifth man out of the bullpen…

  • A familiar arm is resurfacing in San Diego

    September 8, 2022 San Diego Padres — Josh Hader converted a second straight save opportunity on Wednesday, with Nick Martinez pitching the eighth in front of him. It was Hader’s first 1-2-3 inning in over a month. There’s been no official word on a move, but you know the Padres didn’t bring Hader to San…

  • Pete Fairbanks continues to shine

    September 6, 2022 Tampa Bay Rays – Pete Fairbanks, who by some measures has been the best reliever in baseball this year (albeit in a small sample size given his injuries), picked up his 5th save of the season on Monday. He’s now collected three of the past six Rays saves, so we’ll nudge him…