Category: hot seat
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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.…
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Jake Petricka hits the hot seat
August 27, 2014 Chicago White Sox — Jake Petricka blew his second straight save on Tuesday, and the last five batters he’s faced have scratched out two doubles, two home runs, and an intentional walk. There are three other guys in the White Sox bullpen who have at least three saves this year, so Petricka can’t afford too many more…
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Trevor Rosenthal yanked mid-save chance
August 18, 2014 Baltimore Orioles – The Orioles have an embarrassment of riches in their bullpen right now, as Andrew Miller has wonderfully complemented the dominant duo of Darren O’Day and Zach Britton. Miller got the 8th inning hold last night, and has been splitting those opportunities with O’Day over the past several weeks, depending…
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Sergio Romo records save, Jim Johnson returns
August 17, 2014 San Francisco Giants — Sergio Romo got the last two outs of the game last night and picked up his first save since June 22nd. Manager Bruce Boche said he wanted to give closer Santiago Casilla a day off. Casilla has allowed a run in his last three appearances, picking up losses in…
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Jenrry Mejia likely to need surgery at season’s end, if not sooner
August 11, 2014 New York Mets – Jenrry Mejia blew the save and took the loss on Sunday, and after the game, revealed that he is battling both a sore calf (which we knew about) and a hernia injury (which we didn’t know about). Given this information, we’ll move Mejia to the Hot Seat, partly…