Mark Melancon remains closer
Despite Mark Melancon's fairly dramatic velocity decline and his early-season struggles, Clint Hurdle has no immediate plans to remove him from the closer role.
"He is going to close tomorrow, if we have a lead late," Hurdle said. "For me it would be an absolute overreaction to one blown save to make a switch now."
Here are some of the gory details:
| Year | Line Drive Rate | Cutter Velocity | Swing Strike Rate | Contact rate |
| 2014 | 19. |