Manager Pete Mackanin said Wednesday that he will stick with Gomez as the team's closer for now, the Delaware County Daily Times' Jack McCaffery reports.
Gomez has a 9.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP and just seven strikeouts while blowing two saves and taking two losses over his last 14 appearances, so it's easy to see why there is speculation that he isn't long for the job. Meanwhile, Hector Neris has a 2.30 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 31.7 percent K-rate this season, looking much more the part of a traditional ninth inning arm. Still, at least for now, Gomez will continue to get save chances. Neris certainly looks like the arm to own in that bullpen heading into 2017, however.