Category: Chicago Cubs
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Travis Wood picks up save for Cubs
May 17, 2015 Chicago Cubs – Travis Wood recorded his first career save on Saturday. With the Cubs bullpen struggling, they announced that Wood will move to the bullpen. With Wood recording a save in his first appearance, he will likely factor into the Cubs’ late inning bullpen plans. Updated hierarchy: Rondon | Strop | Wood. St.…
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Ramos and Dunn head Marlins committee; Jansen due back soon
May 12, 2015 Miami Marlins – The Marlins will look elsewhere after Steve Cishek blew his fourth save of the season (and second in two days) in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. As we speculated yesterday, Mike Redmond is likely to employ a committee for the time being. A.J. Ramos is the most talented…
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Joe Nathan suffers setback Wednesday
April 23, 2015 Detroit Tigers – The big league club got blown out, but the real story was with the Toledo Mud Hens. Joe Nathan was pulled from his rehab assignment after re-injuring his throwing arm. This is bad news for Nathan owners, but good news for Soria owners, as Soria seems locked in to the…
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Still Andrew Miller time for the Yankees
April 18, 2015 New York Yankees — Joe Girardi might still call it a closer committee in the Bronx, but Andrew Miller is the one running all the meetings. Dellin Betances took care of business in the seventh and eighth last night before giving way to Miller, who earned his third save with three strikeouts. Hierarchy remains:…
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2015 NL Central preview
March 8, 2015 Chicago Cubs – The Cubs enter the season with more certainty at closer than they have had in years. Hector Rondon did not waste his opportunity last year, and enters this year with Joe Maddon already committing to him as the closer. Maddon has never been shy about using his closer in non-save…