Red Sox’ 37-year-old closer Aroldis Chapman is defying baseball logic by putting up video-game numbers this season originally appeared on The Sporting News Usually when a pitcher gets older, the arm starts to slow down, and they get tired quicker. Then they start getting worse and worse stats until they decide to hang it up and call it a career.

Boston Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman is no stranger to dominating in the ninth inning.

And according to MLB Insider Francys Romero, Chapman has made some personal history over the last nine games. Aroldis Chapman leads all relievers in ERA across MLB with a 1.15 mark. For the first time in his MLB career, he has 9 consecutive games without allowing a hit.