Giles will take over as the Astros' closer after Will Harris blew his second consecutive save monday, Angel Verdejo of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Harris' struggles boiled over Monday with his third blown save in his last five outings. With that, Giles will move into the closer's role on the strength of an excellent past two months in which he's racked up 35 strikeouts against just five walks over 21.1 innings of work. He has a 1.27 ERA and a 0.98 WHIP in that span as well. Provided that Giles can continue to live up to his lofty preseason expectations, he should be able to hold onto the closer's role moving forward.