The Rockies inked a one-year contract for right-hander Alex Colomé this weekend.
FanGraphs wasted no time placing him as the closer in 2022.
Colorado’s ninth-inning guy to start 2021 was Daniel Bard, the reigning NL Comeback Player of the Year. He was dropped from the closer role in late August, giving way to five-year veteran Carlos Estévez. Both posses a fastball/changeup/slider mix (with a sinker for Bard) and both can run in triple-digits, but neither one of them have the body of work that Colomé does — nor do they have his simplified pitch selection.