April 5, 2014
Boston Red Sox — The Red Sox brought in Edward Mujica yesterday with the game tied in the 9th inning. Mujica ended up taking the loss after giving up 4 runs. Manager John Farrell has said that Junichi Tazawa and Mujica are “interchangeable,” but Tazawa has been used more often in the 8th so far, and has pitched better. Hierarchy change: Junichi Tazawa to Set-up, Edward Mujica to 2nd in line.
| . | Closer | . | Set-Up | . | 2nd in line | . | 2015 Closer | . | Updated | |
| BOS | Koji Uehara | Junichi Tazawa | Edward Mujica | Koji Uehara | 4/5/14 |
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Chicago White Sox — Nate Jones has been placed on the DL with a strained hip that is related to his injury during spring training. Robin Ventura has said that Daniel Webb and Maikel Cleto will see time in the later innings. Hierarchy change: Daniel Webb to 2nd in line, Nate Jones to DL.
| . | Closer | . | Set-Up | . | 2nd in line | . | 2015 Closer | . | Updated | |
| CHW | Matt Lindstrom | Ronald Belisario | Daniel Webb | Nate Jones | 4/5/14 | |||||
| Nate Jones (DL) |
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New York Mets — Jose Valverde picked up his first save of the season, and it was Kyle Farnsworth who pitched the 8th ahead of him. The back end of the Mets’ bullpen is far from set, outside of Valverde, but if Farnsworth can string together a couple good outings, he could solidify himself in the set-up role. Hierarchy change: Kyle Farnsworth to Set-up, Gonzalez Germen to 2nd in line
| . | Closer | . | Set-Up | . | 2nd in line | . | 2015 Closer | . | Updated | |
| NYM | Jose Valverde | Kyle Farnsworth | Gonzalez Germen | Bobby Parnell | 4/5/14 | |||||
| Bobby Parnell (DL) |
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Miami Marlins — Brad Hand picked up a three-inning save last night, but he still does not factor into the Marlins late-inning bullpen plans moving forward. No hierarchy change.
| . | Closer | . | Set-Up | . | 2nd in line | . | 2015 Closer | . | Updated | |
| MIA | Steve Cishek | A.J. Ramos | Mike Dunn | Steve Cishek | 4/5/14 |
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Texas Rangers — Neftali Feliz is starting to get his velocity back in the minors. He was sent down over concerns that his velocity was down in spring training, but could be a guy to keep an eye on, if he can regain his stuff from a couple years ago, when he had 32 saves. No hierarchy change.
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| TEX | Joakim Soria | Alexi Ogando | Neal Cotts | Joakim Soria | 4/5/14 |
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VULTURE SAVE WATCH
1. Matt Albers and Chad Qualls, Houston Astros –– The Astros are going with a committee and, while we think that Josh Fields should see the majority of the save chances, Qualls or Albers could be called upon on any given night.
2. Shawn Kelley, New York Yankees — David Robertson is unavailable today after throwing in back-to-back games.