Category: closer change
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Clippard likely to close for White Sox after Yankees acquire Robertson and Kahnle
July 18, 2017 Chicago White Sox — Both David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle were traded to the Yankees late Tuesday night, with Tyler Clippard part of the package that came back to the White Sox. Clippard has struggled lately, but he has experience as a closer and is likely to take over the ninth inning…
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Zach Britton is back for the Orioles
July 5, 2017 Baltimore Orioles — Zach Britton will come off the DL today and is expected to reclaim the closer’s role almost immediately. Ideally the Orioles will get to deploy him in a lower-leverage situation off the bat, but if they need him in a tight game right away Britton says he is ready.…
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Keone Kela placed on the DL
July 4, 2017 Texas Rangers — Keone Kela went on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to Friday with a sore shoulder. The good news for the Rangers is he won’t necessarily miss a ton of action due to the All-Star break. In the meantime, Jose Leclerc should take charge of the committee, with Alex Claudio, Matt…
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Keone Kela will head up a new closer committee for Texas
July 1, 2017 Texas Rangers — As we warned in this morning’s update, Jeff Banister announced that the Rangers will move to a closer-by-committee approach, with Keone Kela leading the way (when healthy) ahead of Jose Leclerc, Alex Claudio, and — at least eventually — Matt Bush. Updated hierarchy: *Kela | Leclerc | Claudio. *…