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Trade Deadline Buy/Sell: American League Closers
July 13, 2012 SPECIAL UPDATE: TRADE DEADLINE BUY/SELL (PART 2 OF 2) Glossary BUY+: This player has a large chance of becoming a closer by the trade deadline. BUY: This player has a small chance of...
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Gregerson Closing in Street’s Place; Guerrier Returns to Bullpen for Dodgers
September 1, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers - Matt Guerrier returned from the 60-day DL on Friday, allowing one run and taking the loss after he entered a tie game in the 11th inning. Guerrier had not...
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Aceves continues to fall for Boston, League and Pestano pick up their first...
September 2, 2012 Boston Red Sox - Alfredo Aceves was used for 3 innings of mop-up duty last night, and seems to have fallen farther on Bobby Valentine’s depth chart. While the Red Sox bullpen is...
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Pestano picks up second save of the season, Aumont gets save for Phillies
September 4, 2012 Cleveland Indians - Vinny Pestano picked up his second save of the season as Chris Perez was still out on paternity leave. Perez is expected to be back on Tuesday and will resume...
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Clippard and Storen to split saves, Street off DL
September 22, 2012 Washington Nationals – Tyler Clippard blew the save last night and has now allowed runs in 5 of his past 8 outings. Manager Davey Johnson has said that he will split the closer role...
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Spring Training 2013: Closer Battles to Watch
New York Mets – Frank Francisco is recovering from an injury and may not be ready for the start of the season. Bobby Parnell will close if Francisco doesn’t make it back in time. Starting 2013...
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Familia and Hoover get saves, Sean Doolittle pitching well
May 4, 2013 Oakland A’s – Sean Doolittle pitched the 8th, and then stayed on to get the first two outs of the 9th inning, getting Hafner and Ichiro before giving way to Balfour who got one out for the...
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Mike Dunn takes over in save situation for struggling Steve Cishek
May 19, 2013 Miami Marlins – Steve Cishek struggled coming in with a man on 2nd and nobody out in the 9th inning against the Diamondbacks. He got 2 outs, but was lifted for set-up man Mike Dunn after a...
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Melancon and Brothers pick up saves
May 23, 2013 Colorado Rockies – Rex Brothers pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save of the season. It appears Rafael Betancourt will avoid the disabled list and could be back tomorrow....
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Junichi Tazawa likely to get another crack at closing; K-Rod might not...
June 21, 2013 Milwaukee Brewers – With an 8th-inning blown save last night, Jim Henderson is adding some intrigue into the closer debate in Milwaukee. Since returning from the DL, he’s pitched five...
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Tom Wilhelmsen closing once again
July 3, 2013 Seattle Mariners – Tom Wilhelmsen picked up a 10th inning save tonight and will resume closing immediately. Hierarchy change: Tom Wilhelmsen to Closer, Oliver Perez to 2nd in line. ....
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Trade Deadline Buy/Sell Report: American League Closers
July 17, 2013 SPECIAL UPDATE: TRADE DEADLINE BUY/SELL REPORT (PART ONE OF TWO) Glossary BUY+: This player has a large chance of becoming a closer by the trade deadline. BUY: This player has a small...
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Trade Deadline Buy/Sell Report: National League Closers
July 18, 2013 SPECIAL UPDATE: TRADE DEADLINE BUY/SELL REPORT (PART TWO OF TWO) Glossary BUY+: This player has a large chance of becoming a closer by the trade deadline. BUY: This player has a small...
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Rafael Betancourt hits DL with appendicitis; Rex Brothers to close
July 20, 2013 Colorado Rockies – Rafael Betancourt has been placed on the DL with appendicitis. The move is retroactive to July 15. Rex Brothers will close in his absence. Hierarchy change: Rex...
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Clippard and Storen to split saves, Street off DL
September 22, 2012 Washington Nationals – Tyler Clippard blew the save last night and has now allowed runs in 5 of his past 8 outings. Manager Davey Johnson has said that he will split the closer role...
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Nate Jones racking up Ks, David Hernandez sent down
August 11, 2013 Chicago White Sox – Nate Jones got the last two outs of the 7th and the first two outs of the 8th all via the strikeout on Saturday night. He has 68 ks in 59 innings this season while...
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Parnell likely done for season, Axford traded
August 31, 2013 New York Mets – Bobby Parnell is likely done for the season. LaTroy Hawkins should continue to be the primary closer for the Mets, but Gonzalez Germen could see a couple save...
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Closer Monkey - bullpen updates and closer depth charts from all 30 MLB teams, straight to your inbox SPECIAL UPDATE: TRADE DEADLINE BUY/SELL REPORT (PART ONE OF TWO) July 15, 2014 Glossary BUY+: This...
View ArticleChicago committee comes through on Monday
Closer Monkey - bullpen updates and closer depth charts from all 30 MLB teams, straight to your inbox July 22, 2014 Chicago White Sox – Chicago’s closer committee continued to chug along on Monday, as...
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