Clay Holmes blew yet another save on Sunday night, squandering a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Detroit Tigers by allowing a double to
Aug 11, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees relief pitcher Clay Holmes reacts after a pitch during the ninth inning against the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY SportsThe Yankees have a closer problem and manager Aaron Boone does not seem all to eager in trying to fix it.
In the 10th after DJ LeMahieu gave the Yankees a 2-1 lead, Holmes yielded a game-tying single to Zach McKinstry, who proceeded to steal second and then come around to score on Parker Meadows’ walk-off single. Boone has remained loyal to Holmes and appeared to do so again, for the most part, following Sunday’ night’s loss.
There is something to be said about the “tough breaks” Boone referred to. Holmes’ bread and butter is generating weak contact on the ground and he has done that all season. His average exit velocity ranks in the 78th percentile while his barrel percentage is in the 89th and his groundball rate is in the 100th, per
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