After Knebel went down with a serious looking hamstring injury, manager Craig Counsell went with a variety of ‘out-getters’ in the closer’s role. He rotated through pitchers like Josh Hader, Jeremy Jeffress, and Matt Albers to get the final outs of the game. Those pitchers routinely racked up multi-inning saves.
But once Corey Knebel returned from his hamstring injury over a month later, the Brewers went back to just having Knebel in the closer’s role, pushing the other pitchers back into the earlier innings.
Knebel’s Struggles
The entire month July has been a struggle for Knebel.