Adam Ottavino is the Rockies’ closer of the present and likely the future.
Returning from Tommy John surgery, the right-hander has had a mostly successful comeback season. He had posted a 2.42 ERA, a 0.92 WHIP and had seven saves in 33 appearances heading into Saturday night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
But Ottavino also has five blown saves, and left-handers are hitting .256 against him. That’s not terrible, but it pales in comparison to the .127 average average right-handers have put up against him.
So Ottavino is doing something about it. He throws an excellent fastball and a wipe-out slider, but he needed another pitch.