Category: hot seat
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Weekly Hot Seat Update: May 8, 2015
We are a little over a month into the season and closers seem to be settling into their roles. Steve Cishek has three straight scoreless appearances, recording two saves during that span. Fernando Rodney has converted six consecutive save chances after giving up six runs in 1.1 innings in the middle of April. Let’s take…
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Weekly Hot Seat Update: April 24, 2015
This week, we’ll spotlight the Pirates and check in on the four committees on our depth chart. Pittsburgh Pirates We’ve already written a lot about Mark Melancon’s velocity. Now, we’ll look at the arms behind him. But before we dive in, let’s state one thing up front so the rest of this section doesn’t get…
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Weekly Hot Seat Update: April 16, 2015
April 16, 2015 Since last week, LaTroy Hawkins has lost his job, and Chris Hatcher and Dellin Betances are no longer the head of their committees. Who else is in danger of losing their job and what’s going on with all those committees? Fernando Rodney, Seattle Mariners It’s probably not a good sign for a…
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Koji Uehara activated; Chris Hatcher has another bad outing
April 13, 2015 Pittsburgh Pirates – After a ridiculous spring that included a 21:1(!) K:BB ratio, Arquimedes Caminero has brought his 101-mph fastball to the 7th inning in Pittsburgh. On Sunday, he picked up his 2nd hold of the season, and he’s now totaled 2.2 scoreless to start the year. Updated hierarchy: Melancon | Watson…
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Mujica replaces Uehara as closer, Soriano to hot seat
September 6, 2014 Boston Red Sox — Edward Mujica will now close for the Red Sox, with Koji Uehara taking a few days off, then returning to a non-closing role to work through his struggles. If all goes well, Uehara will apparently close again by the end of the month. Updated hierarchy: Mujica | Tazawa | Uehara.…