Tag: Tyler Kinley

  • Tiered Rankings (March 1, 2024)

    Tiered Rankings (March 1, 2024)

    With March upon us and draft season on the horizon, it’s time for the first run of tiered rankings. It’s difficult to choose which reliever will be the “closer” for a few teams, and many may prefer avoiding certain situations, like these three: At present, there are three writers ready at the wheel for Closer…

  • Tyler Kinley records another save

    September 17, 2023 Colorado Rockies – In game 2 of their doubleheader yesterday, Tyler Kinley pitched a scoreless 9th inning to pick up his 4th save of the season.  Kinley recorded a pair of saves last week after Justin Lawrence vultured one and he seems to still be the clear option in the 9th for…

  • Justin Lawrence returns to the ninth inning

    September 13, 2023 Colorado Rockies – It looks like Justin Lawrence is back in the high-leverage mix for the Rockies, as he closed out Tuesday night’s win with his 11th save of the season. Tyler Kinley was likely down after two straight days of work, but we’ll keep an eye on this to see if…

  • Tyler Kinley takes over as Rockies closer

    September 6, 2023 Colorado Rockies – We thought Justin Lawrence might get a second straight night off after a heavy workload this past weekend. We were right, though it seems like Lawrence is going to see some extended time off, at least from the ninth inning. The man to replace him? None other than Tyler…

  • Jason Adam, Daniel Bard hit the IL

    September 4, 2023 St. Louis Cardinals – JoJo Romero got a second day off after throwing 35 pitches on Friday, as did Ryan Helsley, who made his first appearance off the IL in the same game. That left the save chance to Giovanny Gallegos, who converted for his 10th of the season. Hierarchy remains: *Romero…