Category: Cincinnati Reds
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Brandon Lyon re-establishing himself; Fernando Rodney struggling
May 17, 2013 Detroit Tigers – After taking the loss on Wednesday, Al Alburquerque was sent to the minors to work on his control. With 26 Ks in 14.1 innings, Alburquerque has electric stuff, but he’d walked 13 batters and thrown six wild pitches, good to lead the majors (which is hard to do as…
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JJ Hoover snags another vulture save; Andrew Bailey to undergo MRI
May 6, 2013 Cincinnati Reds – After pitching in back to back games, both Aroldis Chapman and Jonathan Broxton got the day off on Sunday, and the Reds played matchups in the late innings to protect a three-run lead, with Sean Marshall in the 8th and J.J. Hoover in the 9th. This was Hoover’s 2nd…
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Benoit swoops in for a cheap save
April 30, 2013 Detroit Tigers — After lefty Drew Smyly retired two lefties to start the ninth, Joaquin Benoit came on to face a righty, collecting the save. Jose Valverde had pitched in two straight games and was unavailable. No hierarchy change. |Closer |Set-Up |2nd In Line |2014 Closer |Updated DET |Valverde |Benoit |Alburquerque|Rondon |4/30/13 VULTURE SAVE…
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Marmol bumbles through another save opportunity; Valverde a Tiger again
April 5, 2013 Chicago Cubs — Dale Sveum stuck by Carlos Marmol after the embattled closer barely escaped a ninth inning that featured three singles wrapped around a walk. “He was OK. It didn’t seem that way, but it wasn’t too bad . . . We know things can get interesting with him.” When Sveum tires of “interesting” approaches…
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Aroldis Chapman is the closer in Cincinnati
March 24, 2013 Cincinnati Reds – The Reds have announced that Aroldis Chapman will be their closer. Chapman said earlier in the spring that he’d prefer to close, and apparently Dusty Baker wanted to keep him in the bullpen. With both player and coach in the same corner, the higher-ups in the Reds organization that…