Luke Weaver let out `ferocious jungle cat’ in new role as Yankees closer [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Converted into the New York Yankees closer, Luke Weaver let out his animal instinct.

“It’s just like the ferocious jungle cat just comes out me,” he said during the clubhouse celebration after Thursday night’s AL Division Series clincher in Kansas City, speaking on the Yes Network.

“You just feed into the energy,” he said. “I think you tell yourself you’ve got to be relentless, you got to be convicted. I don’t want to mess around and sleep at night be like: I didn’t give my all. I was scared or I was timid. Just go right after them and keep at it.”

New York opens the AL Championship Series at home against Cleveland or Detroit on Monday night, seeking to reach the World Series for the first time since winning its 27th title in 2009.

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