Kelvin Herrera has struggled mightily as the closer for the Kansas City Royals recently. Twice in a two-week span, he had to be bailed out by Scott Alexander with two outs in the ninth inning.
Alexander wasn’t there to save him on Thursday as the Kansas City Royals lost a heartbreaker to the Twins. Herrera allowed three runs in the ninth, allowing Minnesota to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 victory.
So it came as no surprise when manager Ned Yost announced on Friday that Herrera would be removed from his closer role.