Baltimore Sun · Aug 4, 2016
Orioles' 'Utopian closer' Zach Britton sets several records with 33rd straight save
Zach Britton of the Baltimore Orioles pitches in the ninth inning for his 33rd save during a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Aug. 3, 2016 in Baltimore. (Mitchell Layton / Getty Images) A left-handed closer, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said, is a “Utopian closer,” and he believes so for a variety of reasons.
“That Utopian closer is left-handed, because those guys negate the left-handed bats late in the game that come off the bench, a lot of these ballparks are left-handed friendly, it holds runners — it does a lot of great things to have a left-handed closer,” he said before Wednesday’s game.