April 2, 2014
Houston Astros – Josh Fields picked up the save for the Astros tonight, pitching a clean inning after Matt Albers threw a strong 1.1 innings ahead of him. Chad Qualls was nowhere to be found. Fields said for much of the spring that he wanted the job, and Bo Porter has already talked about using Qualls and Albers against lefties, suggesting Fields is the guy when there’s a righty-heavy ninth inning, which should be more often than not. Though this will probably still be a committee on paper, Fields now has the edge. Hierarchy change: Josh Fields to Closer, Matt Albers to Set-up, Chad Qualls to 2nd in line.
| . | Closer | . | Set-Up | . | 2nd in line | . | 2015 Closer | . | Updated | |
| HOU | Josh Fields | Matt Albers | Chad Qualls | Josh Fields | 4/2/14 | |||||
| Jesse Crain (DL) |
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