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It’s time to replace Wade Davis as the SimRockies closer

This piece contains spoilers about the SimRockies’ Friday night game.

It’s time for the SimRockies to change their closer.

If Purple Row’s sim has been accurate about anything, it’s the volatility of Wade Davis’s pitching. After giving up a 374-foot home run to the Padres’ Francisco Mejia that took the Rockies to extra innings and, ultimately a 5-4 victory, Friday’s implosion against the D-Backs. Jeff Hoffman, Jake McGee, Carlos Estévez, and Scott Oberg all did their jobs, leaving Davis with a comfortable three-run lead. Alas, it was not enough. Jairo Díaz came in to mop up the mess, but the Rockies still ended up losing on a walk-off by Eduardo Escobar.