As Holmes increasingly has struggled to close the door on games, his manager crept open the door on a change — at least eventually — in his ninth-inning plans.
. But as Holmes increasingly has struggled to close the door on games, his manager crept open the door on a change — at least eventually — in his ninth-inning plans.
“The reality is he’s throwing the ball really well,” Boone said of Holmes. “We got a lot of guys I feel like that are throwing the ball really well in certain situations. But right now, Clay’s the guy.” The Yankees might have envisioned Mark Leiter Jr. stepping up to take the reins when the trade-deadline pick-up arrived, but the righty has allowed six earned runs in 8 ⅓ innings in pinstripes, including coughing up Sunday’s game in the 10th.
In Holmes’ three full seasons as a Yankee, opponents’ average exit velocity has never been better this year , the southbound contact rarely well-struck. Inducing ground balls and soft contact should be a combination for domination, and yet no other closer has failed as often as he has this year.Batters are hitting .348 against his sinker, a spike from a pitch that induces weak contact and led to a .
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