<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/yankees-news-clay-holmes-reacts-to-epic-meltdown-vs-marlins');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees reliever Clay Holmes reacts to epic meltdown vs. Marlins');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Yankees-Marlins-playoffs-wildcard-wild-card-Clay-Holmes.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees reliever Clay Holmes reacts to epic meltdown vs. Marlins</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-14T06:59:52-07:00">August 14th, 6:59am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-14T06:59:52-07:00">August 14th, 6:59am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime -- so he writes about it instead as a form of therapy. (It hasn't worked though. Someday maybe it will -- especially when he's been working for ClutchPoints since August 2022.)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees may have a record above .500, but that doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of the American League playoff race. Every win matters, as they are falling off the wildcard race pace a bit more every single day. And on Sunday night, it seemed like the Yankees were going to claim a hard-fought victory against the Miami Marlins, taking a 7-3 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning. However, the Yankees ended up <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-fire-aaron-boone-trends-after-new-yorks-epic-collapse-vs-marlins" rel="noopener">blowing that lead</a>, with Clay Holmes, the team’s closer, acting as the chief culprit behind the team’s meltdown.</p><p>Holmes had been lights out in his seven previous outings, allowing a grand total of zero runs in seven innings of work. But the 30-year old reliever’s hot streak came to a screeching halt, allowing five runs (four earned) to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-yankee-fans-erupt-on-twitter-after-brutal-collapse-vs-marlins" rel="noopener">relinquish the Yankees’ 58th loss</a> of the season.</p><p>In a heartbreaking turn of events for the Yankees, they now stand two games behind the Boston Red Sox for the sixth and final place in the wild card playoffs. Now facing a great sense of urgency made worse by this gut-wrenching loss to the Marlins, Clay Holmes <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38187686/yankees-collapse-miami-drop-difficult-finale-marlins" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a> just how difficult the road ahead lies in their bid to make the postseason.</p><p>“The mountain gets bigger with every loss. We have to put together some wins and string them together and get some momentum going,” Holmes said, per ESPN. “Losses like these, they hurt.”</p><p>They hurt indeed, as the Yankees had high hopes of entering the playoffs in more comfortable fashion before the season began. And even though it’s tempting to think that it’s not too late for them to mount a strong push, they’re about to face extremely difficult opposition that could decide the fate of their season. The Yankees will be facing the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, and Tampa Bay Rays in nine of their next 12 games — three teams that are currently sitting in playoff spots.</p><p>“Every game matters right now, every loss matters. Especially one like this. This definitely was a series that we needed to have,” Holmes added.</p><p>Clay Holmes better bounce back then, as assuredness in the ninth inning will go a long way towards helping the Yankees achieve their goals this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees reliever Clay Holmes reacts to epic meltdown vs. Marlins

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/yankees-news-clay-holmes-clutch-performance-mets');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Clay Holmes gets real on clutch performance vs. Mets');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screen-Shot-2023-06-14-at-9.50.27-AM.png"></figure><h1>Yankees’ Clay Holmes gets real on clutch performance vs. Mets</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-14T06:58:14-07:00">June 14th, 6:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-14T06:58:14-07:00">June 14th, 6:58am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The first meeting of the 2023 season between the New York Yankees and New York Mets was a classic installment of the rejuvenated rivalry. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-3-players-who-must-be-all-stars-2023" rel="noopener">Yankees were the victors</a> in the first game of a quick two-game set at Citi Field, coming away with a thrilling 7-6 win.</p><p><i>The </i>moment of the game happened in the bottom of the eighth inning. With the Yankees up one, the Mets loaded the bases with one out. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-players-who-must-step-up-amid-aaron-judge-injury" rel="noopener">The Yankees called on</a> relief pitcher Clay Holmes to get them out of the jam and preserve the lead.</p><p>Holmes did just that, striking out Mets star Francisco Lindor before getting Starling Marte to fan on a 3-2 sinker. Both at-bats had a full count, which added pressure and intensity to both sides. Holmes enjoyed <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/clay-holmes-clutch-performance-lifts-yankees-over-mets" rel="noopener">pitching in that sort of moment.</a></p><p>“It’s fun. These are the types of moments that you dream about pitching in,” Holmes said. “This is always a great atmosphere; Yankees-Mets. To be able to come in during a big moment and help the team win, as a competitor, that’s the type of situation that you want to be in.”</p><p>Holmes has been lights out as of late, allowing one run in his last 19 appearances and striking out 24 hitters during that span. He led the Yankees in saves last season with 20 and was tabbed as the closer again until a couple of rough outings at the end of April.</p><p>The Yankees have opted for a closer-by-committee since then, one that includes Clay Holmes, but if he keeps pitching like this it’s hard to see why New York wouldn’t toss him back into the full-time closer role.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Clay Holmes gets real on clutch performance vs. Mets

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/yankees-news-clay-holmes-will-close-a-lot-of-games-aaron-boone-says');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Clay Holmes will love Aaron Boone’s latest closer revelation');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/yankees-news-clay-holmes-will-love-aaron-boones-latest-closer-revelation.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees’ Clay Holmes will love Aaron Boone’s latest closer revelation</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-02-18T16:05:55-08:00">February 18th, 4:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-02-18T16:06:59-08:00">February 18th, 4:06pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With Aroldis Chapman out of the picture and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/royals-news-aroldis-chapman-joining-kansas-city-after-disastrous-yankees-ending" rel="noopener">in Kansas City with the Royals</a>, there is uncertainty around the New York Yankees’ closer role. They have plenty of qualified pitchers for the gig and Aaron Boone revealed that Clay Holmes is expected to be their primary 9th inning option. With that being said, Boone <a href="https://sny.tv/articles/clay-holmes-yankees-closer-let-s-ask-the-manager" rel="noopener">added that other relievers</a> may also see save opportunities, per SNY’s Andy Martino.</p><p>“I would expect [Clay Holmes] to close a lot of games for us,” Boone said. “Probably most games, and hopefully a lot of games. But I do see a number of guys getting saves.”</p><p>Boone shared an example of why a pitcher other than Clay Holmes might be called upon to work in the 9th inning.</p><p>“There are going to be days where if it’s [George] Springer, [Bo] Bichette and Vladdy [Vladimir Guerrero Jr.] coming up in the eighth inning in a big spot, that might be Clay.”</p><p>Clay Holmes is one of the better relievers in baseball. Boone doesn’t want to restrict him to the 9th inning if the best hitters for an opposing team, as exemplified by the Toronto Blue Jays in Boone’s quote, are due up in the 7th or 8th inning. Nevertheless, Holmes is the expected closer for this Yankees’ ball club.</p><p>New York’s offense will be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-new-york-is-aaron-judges-team-as-captain-aaron-boone-says" rel="noopener">led by Aaron Judge</a> once again and they will provide run support. The Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodon, and Nestor Cortes-led starting rotation will also put the Yankees in positions to win games. And if the bullpen can take care of business late in contests, this will be an overall dangerous team in 2023.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Clay Holmes will love Aaron Boone’s latest closer revelation

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/brian-cashmans-closer-take-will-calm-clay-holmes-nerves');   ga('set', 'title', 'Brian Cashman’s closer take will calm Clay Holmes’ nerves');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Brian-Cashman_s-closer-take-will-calm-Clay-Holmes_-nerves.jpg"></figure><h1>Brian Cashman’s closer take will calm Clay Holmes’ nerves</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-11-19T10:30:25-08:00">November 19th, 10:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-11-19T10:30:25-08:00">November 19th, 10:30am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>My name is Owen Crisafulli, and I recently received my Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Sport Management, and for awhile I ran my own sports website. Sports are my passion, and I thoroughly enjoy writing about my thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. I have been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston, and love discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Brian Cashman has a lot on his plate this offseason, with his biggest task being figuring out how to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-jimmy-fallon-makes-aaron-judge-pitch-that-new-york-fans-will-love" rel="noopener">keep Aaron Judge</a> with the New York Yankees. But he also has some work to do regarding New York’s bullpen, and there was reason to believe that the Yankees could try to find a replacement for Clay Holmes at the backend of their bullpen after his strange 2022 season.</p><p>Holmes was electric to begin the season and ended up unexpectedly finding himself in the closer role, but he struggled down the stretch and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-i-woke-up-today-preparing-to-pitch-clay-holmes-vocal-amid-aaron-boone-sitting-him-vs-guardians" rel="noopener">lost save opportunities</a> as his struggles mounted. While some expected the Yankees to explore other closing options this offseason, Cashman sounded content with Holmes, but wouldn’t entirely rule out the possibility of adding to the bullpen this offseason.</p><p>“I feel really good about Clay Holmes being our closer, but that doesn’t preclude us from entertaining any outside players via trade or free agency if it makes us better.” Brian Cashman, <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/yankees-free-agency-trade-buzz-160004322.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall" rel="noopener">Yahoo Sports</a></p><p>This quick comment from Cashman should make Holmes feel a bit better, but it still doesn’t take the Yankees out of the market for more relievers. New York’s bullpen struggled in the second half of the season, and while some of that was due to key arms getting injured, that doesn’t mean they should ignore the position entirely this offseason.</p><p>For now, it seems like Holmes is set to remain the Yankees closer heading into the 2022 season. And while that may be true, Cashman isn’t going to ignore a better option if it comes across the table. While Holmes seems to be in a good spot, it will be interesting to see whether or not the Yankees make upgrades to their bullpen this offseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Brian Cashman’s closer take will calm Clay Holmes’ nerves

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They blew a multi-run lead in the ninth inning, marking <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-judge-new-york-enter-franchise-infamy-with-streak-snapping-loss-vs-guardians/">one of the worst postseason losses ever for the franchise</a>. Fans will be looking at manager Aaron Boone as a key reason for the loss due to his decision not to use Clay Holmes in the ninth inning.</p><p>Holmes, who appeared in 1.1 innings over the first two games of the series and allowed just one walk and one HBP, was dealing with soreness but said he was <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1581490866526494720?s=20&amp;t=vrRwLeN5q5R0wIh9WUaD7Q">ready to go</a> if the Yankees needed him. Boone went with Clarke Schmidt instead of him and watched as he allowed three runs.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Clay Holmes says he was surprised he wasn't called upon in the 9th inning:</p><p>"I woke up today preparing to pitch if needed." <a href="https://t.co/giJFoKS3hW">pic.twitter.com/giJFoKS3hW</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1581493360908554243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Somewhat, yeah,” Clay Holmes said when asked if was surprised that he didn’t get the call for the ninth inning. “I mean, that’s some of the roles I’ve pitched in the last few days. But, maybe there’s more that goes into the decision.” The Yankees closer said that he didn’t hear more about the decision for him not to appear late in Game 3, though Boone did <a href="https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1581505594544254977?s=20&amp;t=mXfKibffTZ5cJ6rC1JOAJg">reportedly</a> talk to him about it later on.</p><p>Boone explained after the game that Holmes was only to be used in <a href="https://twitter.com/martinonyc/status/1581499067330617345?s=20&amp;t=4g3D3nJvM9R1GH6IRCeKmw">an emergency situation</a>, which, in his eyes, means that all other possibilities were exhausted beforehand. Schmidt inherited two runners already on base from Wandy Peralta, who Boone left in after closing out the seventh inning and pitching a clean eighth inning.</p><p>The Yankees will face the Guardians on Sunday night to keep their season alive. They will certainly need Aaron Boone to be at his best but they also need a boost from their offense. Aaron Judge came alive in Game 3 with a home run and will need to do more of the same in order to help force Game 5.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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