Yesterday, Harrison Jozwiak wrote about the success Mychal Givens has had in the Orioles’ closer role. He raises great points, especially about how effective Givens has been in the past month. With that said, Givens’ season as a whole has been very disappointing and the potential of a new regime next year makes it impossible to predict who will be the closer in 2019 and beyond.
When Zach Britton and Brad Brach were traded at the end of August, the O’s lost their two best options to close out games.