STAT LINE: 49 G / 45 IP / 3.97 ERA / 1.412 WHIP / Missed 60 days due to punching a door
ROLE ON THE 2018 TEAM: Hunter Strickland was the obvious choice for closer after Mark Melancon started the season on the disabled list. And he was pretty good at it! He only allowed two earned runs in the month of April and none in June, before things took a turn for the worse.
On June 14th, the Giants were in Miami facing the Marlins in the getaway game of a four-game series.