/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/55738053/usa_today_10149805.0.jpg)
The Cardinals latest weekend series saw the team lose two tied games in the ninth inning. Seung Hwan Oh recorded nineteen saves as the closer in 2016 with a sparkling 1.96 earned run average and 2.14 FIP. Oh has not found the same success in 2017 with three blown saves and five losses to go along with a ballooning ERA of 4.17 and 4.85 FIP. With Oh's struggles, the door has opened for other relief pitchers. An obvious candidate would be the other displaced Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal. Rosey has been one of the team's best relievers with a 2.09 FIP and a K/9 rate over 14. Brett Cecil has settled in after a rough start and may make a good candidate for the last out of the game too. According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, several players will be sharing the closing duties for the time being:
Encouraged by outings by Cecil and Trevor Rosenthal on Friday night in Pittsburgh and then watching Seung Hwan Oh continue to struggle vs. lefties in the ninth, Matheny agreed that the pell-mell is still happening in the late innings. The ninth is open for the taking … or for the matchup … or for whomever is available.
So who would you rather have close? Oh? Rosey? A committee of sorts?
Closer by committee will continue for Cardinals | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com
what else is going on in baseball...
- Yasiel Puig, Dodgers rally past Marlins | MLB.com
- Must C: Bradley Jr. denies Judge | MLB.com
- A Detroit squirrel celebrated the return of baseball with a midgame jog in center field | MLB.com
- Hernan Perez's young son has already mastered the art of the epic homer celebration and bat flip | MLB.com
- Player A vs. Superstar B: The MLB comp game. | Sports on Earth
- Nationals Make Inevitable Trade for Actual Good Relievers | FanGraphs Baseball
- Red Sox Set Kung Fu Panda Free | FanGraphs Baseball
- Rob Manfred’s Three Expansion Cities | FanGraphs Baseball
- The lessons the Red Sox can learn from the Pablo Sandoval disaster | SBNation.com
- The KBO has All-Star festivities figured out | SBNation.com
- Part of Pete Rose’s defamation lawsuit against John Dowd has been dismissed | SBNation.com
- Olney: What would switching to robot umps look -- or sound -- like? | Buster Olney Blog | ESPN
what the cardinals are up to...
- St. Louis Cardinals place Stephen Piscotty on 10-day DL | ESPN
- Piscotty on disabled list, Sierra recalled | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com
- FLASHBACK WEEK: 2010s - Chris Carpenter Clinches 2011 NLDS With a 3-Hit Shutout Vs. Halladay | 101Sports.com
- 7/14/2017 Recap - Seung Hwan Oh Stinks, Earns Fifth Loss(!!!), Cardinals Lose(.) | Viva El Birdos
- 7.15.17 Cardinals @ Pirates Recap: Birds Win in Decisive Fashion 4-0 | Viva El Birdos
- A painful loss in Pittsburgh 7.16.17 | Viva El Birdos
KNOW THINE ENEMY...
the new york metropolitans
the nl central
- This Pirates fan didn't throw Jedd Gyorko's home run ball back on the field, but into the river | MLB.com
- Braun's grand slam in the 2nd | MLB.com
- Reds' Zack Cozart meets donkey before game | MLB.com
- Chicago Cubs keep riding post All-Star break winning wave | Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN
Loading comments...