Category: San Diego Padres
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Pirates, Nationals, and Braves deep in trade deadline drama
July 30, 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates — The Pirates are fielding offers from the Nationals, Indians, and Giants for closer Mark Melancon. Although Pittsburgh is in the playoff hunt and Melancon has been one of the most effective closers in the game, the team may be looking to improve other areas of its roster while trusting some combination of…
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Edwin Diaz and Brad Hand are making moves
July 23, 2016 Seattle Mariners — Edwin Diaz pitched the eighth inning of a one-run game and added two more strikeouts to his league-leading 44 relief strikeouts since his June 6 debut. A converted starter, Diaz has a plus fastball and an incredible 18.3 K/9 ratio this season. All that’s holding him back thus far is his…
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Trade Deadline Buy/Sell: National League
July 14, 2016 —– Glossary: BUY+: This player has a strong chance (at least 50%) of becoming a closer by the trade deadline. BUY: This player has a small chance (at least 20%) of becoming a closer by the trade deadline. SELL: This player has a small chance (at least 20%) of losing his closer job by the…
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Brandon Maurer wobbles through his first save for the Padres
July 2, 2016 San Diego Padres — True to his word, Andy Green gave Brandon Maurer the first save opportunity in the post-Fernando Rodney era, although it wasn’t the smoothest debut. Maurer entered in the ninth, up four with two men on, and allowed a run-scoring double, an RBI groundout, and a wild pitch that lowered the lead to one.…
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Brandon Maurer to get first shot at saves in San Diego
July 1, 2016 San Diego Padres – Manager Andy Green has said that Brandon Maurer, and his 5.73 ERA, will get the first crack at the ninth inning. Maurer has been much better recently and Ryan Buchter is coming off his worst outing of the season. Buchter should still challenge for the ninth inning, and since he has been better…