Baltimore's closer is Craig Kimbrel. Would you rather have Kimbrel closing in the playoffs? I wouldn't. Not that I know what's going to happen in the playoffs.
I think Holmes has had one bad game this year. Maybe two. Four blown saves. One of them because of unearned runs and then the other night with a blooper and an infield single. Meh.
Who is a dominant closer nowadays Josh Hader? Sure, I suppose.
Hader has had some hiccups in the playoffs, but let's replace Clay Holmes with Josh Hader somehow so Yankee fans can feel like they have exorcised the Ghost of Aroldis Chapman.
By the way, the Yankees won a World Series with John Wetteland as a closer. He even won the World Series MVP.
The aforementioned Kimbrel recently closed out a championship for the Red Sox. So did Jonathan Papelbon, Keith Foulke, and the immortal Koji Uehara.
I mean, Holmes seems to have the proper mental makeup. He doesn't get the high number of strikeouts of a typical modern day closer, but he usually wriggles out of trouble.
Also, he has allowed zero home runs this year and only 16 in his career. Sixteen home runs allowed in 300 innings.
Holmes has 19 saves and a 1.80 ERA. Other than Clase, probably the best closer in MLB this year. There is no reason to disparage the accomplishments of Holmes.
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