Close To Perfect! Texas Rangers Closer Kirby Yates Has Put Up All-Star First Half

You might recall, the Rangers bullpen was quite the issue during the regular season a year ago., is second only to the Cleveland Guardians' Emmanuel Clase's 0.70 ERA among qualified American League relievers."Any time you have an opportunity to make it, you want to make it,". "Especially since we're hosting it this year, being in front of the home fans would probably be really neat.

Yates is the fourth reliever in club history to post a sub-1.00 ERA in his first 28 appearances of a season. The last Rangers pitcher to do it was Neal Cotts, who had a 0.91 ERA from May 21 to July 24, 2013. He's one of only two Major League relievers without a blown save in 11 or more chances. The other is the Los Angeles Dodgers' Evan Phillipps.

Yates has 38 strikeouts in 28 1/3 innings, including two or more strikeouts in 12 of his 28 appearances this season. Yates' 12.07 strikeouts per nine innings average is second to on the club and 10th in the AL. Yates is one of only nine MLB pitchers with three or more wins and 11 or more saves. Yates was moved to the closer spot until 17 games into the season on April 15. He took over for Jose Leclerc who struggled the first couple of weeks of the season.You can follow Stefan Stevenson on X

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