Colome notched his ninth save of the season in Friday's 5-4 victory over the Red Sox. He struck out one in a scoreless ninth inning.

EDGE Analysis

It was a clean outing for Colome, who disposed of the Red Sox quickly to end the game. He threw 11 of his 16 pitches for strikes, and has now converted four straight save opportunities following a couple of rough appearances at the end of April. Continue to trust him as a reliable fantasy option for saves.

Colome notched his eighth save of the season in Thursday's 5-1 victory over the Marlins, striking out the only batter he faced to close out the game.

EDGE Analysis

The ninth inning began as a non-save situation with the Rays up by a 5-0 margin, but Colome was called upon with two out, two on and one run in. The Rays closer disposed of the capable Martin Prado on five pitches, the final one a swinging strike, to seal the win. After a pair of rough outings in late April tarnished his once unblemished ERA, Colome has responded with 2.2 scoreless frames, four strikeouts and three saves in as many chances over his subsequent appearances.

Colome notched his seventh save in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Marlins, working around a walk and recording three strikeouts.

EDGE Analysis

The 28-year-old closer has bounced back from a pair of rough outings in late April against the Orioles and Blue Jays to record back-to-back saves in the first two games against the Marlins. Colome mowed down J.T. Realmuto, Miguel Rojas and Dee Gordon on swinging strikes, retiring the latter on just three pitches to seal the victory. The hard-throwing right-hander has lowered his ERA from 3.00 to 2.57 over his last pair of outings.

Colome pitched a clean inning to earn his sixth save of the season in Monday's 4-2 win against the Marlins.

EDGE Analysis

Colome allowed four runs and eight baserunners while garnering a pair of losses in his previous two outings, but he wasted little time in retiring the side in order on eight pitches in this one. Despite his recent struggles, he still has a sharp 2.77 ERA after this outing and seems ready to move forward as one of the better closers in the game.

Colome (0-2) was charged with his second blown save of the season in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Blue Jays, giving up two earned runs on three hits and a walk over one-third of an inning. He also recorded a strikeout.

EDGE Analysis

The star closer suffered a rare stumble against a Blue Jays squad that's considerably underperformed this season, giving up an RBI double to Jose Bautista and run-scoring singles to Russell Martin and Ezequiel Carrera during some rare eighth-inning work. It was the third time in eight days that Colome has been called upon before the ninth, including his last two appearances. The 28-year-old right-hander has yielded four earned runs on five hits and three walks in that pair of outings, but as per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, , both pitching coach Jim Hickey and manager Kevin Cash dismiss the notion that Colome can't succeed consistently in those situations over a larger sample. "This has happened before where the guy who traditionally gets three outs and you ask him to get more than that has a little bit of a struggle doing it," Hickey said. "But he's done it successfully before."

Colome worked around a walk and struck out one in a scoreless ninth Tuesday against the Orioles, recording his fifth save.

EDGE Analysis

After suffering a blown save off an unearned run Sunday, Colome bounced right back with a solid outing, and he still has a spotless ERA with just five hits and two walks over 10 innings. If you own him, you should continue enjoying his services as one of the league's better closers.

Colome was charged with his first blown save of the season in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Astros, giving up one run (unearned) on two hits, a walk and a passed ball over two innings.

EDGE Analysis

Colome was brought on in the eighth for a rare two-inning save opportunity and worked around a bunt single and walk to escape the frame unscathed. However, a single, passed ball and Evan Gattis sacrifice fly allowed the Astros to forge a 4-4 tie. The run was the first Colome had given up all season, and he also issued his first free pass. Despite the disappointing outcome, he's been of the best ninth-inning options in baseball, with four saves, an unblemished ERA and 0.67 WHIP.

Colome allowed one hit during a scoreless ninth inning to collect his fourth save of the season Saturday against Houston.

EDGE Analysis

The Tampa Bay closer hasn't allowed a run through seven innings, and after recording 37 saves with a 1.91 ERA last year, he should have a long leash in the ninth inning. It's also likely that Colome begins to show an uptick in the strikeout column -- just four punchouts this year -- after posting an 11.28 K/9 in 2015.

Colome fired a scoreless inning in Tuesday's 5-1 win over the Tigers and recorded a strikeout.

EDGE Analysis

With only 1.2 innings of work across two appearances over the previous 10 days, manager Kevin Cash opted to get Colome some work in a non-save scenario Tuesday. The closer impressively set down Miguel Cabrera on a swinging strikeout before inducing a groundout and liner from Victor Martinez and Andrew Romine, respectively, to close out the win. The 28-year-old right-hander has yet to allow a run over six trips to the mound this season while also notching three saves in as many opportunities.

Colome credits his cutter as the one of the primary reasons for his success as a closer over the last season-plus, Bill Chastain of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

In July 2015, a struggling Colome was booted from the Rays' starting rotation to the bullpen, a move that would initiate a makeover of the hard-throwing right-hander's career. The 28-year-old posted an 0.29 ERA over 21 relief appearances over a two-month period late that season and then became the closer at the beginning of 2016 after Brad Boxberger began the season on the disabled list. He's never looked back, and a pared-down arsenal that now mainly consists of a fastball and cutter have been key to his success. Colome actually shows a preference for the latter, which was taught to him by roving pitching instructor Dick Bosman. The Rays closer has used the pitch 44 percent of the time since the beginning of last season and has the fourth-lowest BAA in the majors over that span when his cutter has been put in play. Colome has also notched a majors-best 25 percent swinging strike rate when deploying it, helping him quickly rise in stature as one of the most effective ninth-inning options in baseball. "Maybe our confidence has grown for good reason, because he's been so successful," manager Kevin Cash said. "Every time he's out, it's a pretty calming effect on the dugout and the players that are playing out there. He's just got a tremendous demeanor."