Category: Arizona Diamondbacks
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Zach Putnam, Shae Simmons ascend to 8th inning roles
June 10, 2014 Chicago White Sox – Zach Putnam got the final two outs of the 8th inning on Monday, marking the fourth straight time that he’d bridged the gap to Ronald Belisario. The 26-year-old righty doesn’t have the best ratios in the world (19 Ks vs 9 BBs in 24.1 innings), but he keeps…
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Grant Balfour on the verge of losing closer gig
June 9, 2014 Tampa Bay Rays – Grant Balfour gave up five more runs on Sunday and now has a 6.46 ERA. Joe Maddon wouldn’t say if Balfour had finally lost the job that he should’ve lost a long time ago, but it seems silly to keep running him out there. Until we see evidence…
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J.J. Putz hits the DL; Aroldis Chapman not cut out for Triple-A
May 7, 2014 Arizona Diamondbacks – J.J. Putz has been moved to the disabled list due to the dreaded forearm tightness. Oliver Perez and Joe Thatcher should see their roles expand in his absence. Hierarchy change: Reed | Ziegler | Perez. Los Angeles Angels — Ernesto Frieri enraged the insane Twitter user contingent of the Angel fan base by giving up his sixth home run in 14 1/3 innings to lose…
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Jim Johnson on the verge of winning job back; Mark Melancon, Joe Smith to close
April 26, 2014 Chicago White Sox – Despite four straight scoreless outings, Ronald Belisario still has an ERA over 7, thanks in large part to an April 9th appearance in Colorado where he gave up 5 runs while recording only one out. But his recent stretch — almost all of which has come pitching ahead…
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O’Day picks up save, Santos bounces back
April 19, 2014 Baltimore Orioles – Darren O’Day picked up the save last night. He got the last out of the 8th inning with the Orioles up 3 and then Orioles added another run in the top of the 9th. O’Day stayed on to finish the game and record his first save of the season. No…