Category: Oakland A’s
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Carson Smith ascending; Adam Ottavino out for the year
May 5, 2015 New York Yankees – After Chase Whitley tossed 7 innings of shutout ball, Chris Martin and Dellin Betances surrendered 3 runs between them. Martin was tagged with the loss and Betances credited with his first blown save of the year. With Andrew Miller getting some rest following a long outing last night,…
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Adam Ottavino ‘definitely worried’ about injury; Casey Fien hits DL
May 1, 2015 Minnesota Twins – Twins setup man Casey Fien was placed on the disabled list due to soreness in his shoulder. For now, we’ll slide Aaron Thompson to the first-in-line slot and Blaine Boyer behind him, but keep an eye on Brian Duensing, who could be activated from the DL this weekend and…
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Tyler Clippard blows a save; Keone Kela ascends
April 27, 2015 Oakland A’s — Oakland’s bullpen has been struggling lately, turning Evan Scribner into an eighth-inning fixture, and leading Bob Melvin to give Ryan Cook the seventh-inning role in his season debut. Cook pitched well, but Tyler Clippard blew the save. Clippard has enough good will built up, though, that he’s not on the Hot Seat…
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Boxberger and Mujica expected to see save chances to start season
March 30, 2015 Tampa Bay Rays — The Rays have several options to close while Jake McGee is out. Grant Balfour should be ready for the start of the season after missing a couple weeks due to the passing away of his father. However, it looks like Brad Boxberger will see the most save chances. Boxberger had over 100 strikeouts last…