Could Zimmer be the Closer of the future?

After removing Ian Kennedy from the closer role, the Royals tried several different pitchers in that spot during the 2020 season. Heading into the 2021 season, I believe the Royals should give Kyle Zimmer a chance to compete for the closer role during spring training. Most of the time, the Royals rely on hard throwers to close out games like Trevor Rosenthal and Josh Staumont; however, I believe that Kyle Zimmer could be a good closer for the Royals even though his fastball isn’t as powerful as Rosenthal’s or Staumont’s. Zimmer’s fastball velocity sits at about 94 miles an hour according to baseballsavant.mlb.com. I think Zimmer could maybe touch ninety-six miles an hour on his fastball which is above the MLB fastball velocity average. To go along with his fastball, Zimmer has a slider, curveball, and a changeup. While Zimmer has four pitches, I believe he only needs three of them to be a closer. I believe he could live without his curveball in the closer role because according to baseballsavant.mlb.com, he only throws it in the strike zone 38% of the time. Unlike most closers, I believe if Zimmer were a closer, he would rely on his breaking pitches like his slider to close games out a little more than he would his fastball. Regardless if the Royals give him a look in the closer’s role, I think he would be a good back of the bullpen piece for the Royals going forward. That being said, if I were the manager of the Royals, my seventh, eighth and ninth trio would look something like this: free agent signing for the seventh, Staumont for the eighth, and Zimmer for the ninth. With Zimmer being 29 years of age, and with his injury history, I believe that the 2021 season is his last opportunity to prove that he is still part of the Royals long-term bullpen plans, or else he could find himself out of a job with the Royals. This would force him to look for greener pastures elsewhere.