Year: 2017
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Derek Law leads Giants committee; Justin Wilson to close in Detroit
May 10, 2017 San Francisco Giants – Mark Melancon is headed to the 10-day disabled list with a right pronator strain in his forearm. After Tuesday’s game, manager Bruce Bochy said that he prefers Derek Law to head a committee and not Hunter Strickland, though it sounds like Strickland will get some looks given the committee tag. The…
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Derek Law to lead committee with Mark Melancon sidelined
May 9, 2017 San Francisco Giants – Mark Melancon is headed to the 10-day disabled list with a right pronator strain in his forearm. After Tuesday’s game, manager Bruce Bochy said that he prefers Derek Law to head a committee and not Hunter Strickland, though it sounds like Strickland will get some looks given the committee tag. The…
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Justin Wilson to take over for the slumping Francisco Rodriguez
May 9, 2017 Detroit Tigers – Brad Ausmus announced before Tuesday’s game that Justin Wilson will take over the closer role for the Tigers going forward. Wilson replaces a struggling Francisco Rodriguez; look for righty Alex Wilson to get the majority of 8th inning opportunities. Updated hierarchy: J.Wilson | A.Wilson | Hardy.
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For one day, Miguel Socolovich was everything
May 9, 2017 St. Louis Cardinals – Usually we have something to say about somebody, somewhere, in one of MLB’s 30 bullpens. But the only thing that happened Monday that struck us as out of the ordinary was a save for journeyman Miguel Socolovich, whose baseball career spans the minor league systems of six different…
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Tigers could use their offday to demote Francisco Rodriguez
May 8, 2017 Detroit Tigers – After Francisco Rodriguez’s blown save on Sunday — his fourth blown save of the year — Brad Ausmus told reporters that he was going to have an internal discussion about the closer role before he announces any decisions. We don’t know anything more yet, but it feels like Ausmus may…