Category: hierarchy change
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Edward Mujica continues to struggle
September 21, 2013 St. Louis Cardinals – Edward Mujica started the 9th inning last night with a 2 run lead. He proceeded to give up 3 hits and a walk, while only recording one out. The Cardinals brought on former Brewers closer John Axford to try and get the save, but he gave up an…
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Pedro Strop now closing for the Cubs
September 19, 2013 Chicago Cubs – Although the Kevin Gregg era was astonishingly successful in Chicago, the Cubs are looking ahead to next season and have announced that Pedro Strop will close over the last 10 games. Hierarchy change: Pedro Strop to Closer, Kevin Gregg to Set-Up. . Closer . Set-Up . 2nd in line . 2014 Closer…
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Disappointing season for Wilton Lopez
September 19, 2013 Colorado Rockies – With the game still close in the 8th inning yesterday, the Rockies went to lefty Adam Ottavino, who pitched a clean inning to lower his ERA to 2.77, nearly a point and a half lower than Wilton Lopez. Lopez, the former closer for the Astros, never really got it…
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Josh Fields is officially Houston’s closer, for whatever that’s worth
September 17, 2013 Arizona Diamondbacks — David Hernandez and Brad Ziegler ably finished Monday night’s one-run win over the Dodgers, but lurking in the background is the newly healthy J.J. Putz. Kirk Gibson intends to use him in very brief outings at first, but if, as we suspect, the D-Backs intend to use him as their closer next year,…