Category: San Diego Padres
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Taylor Rogers is about to lose his job
July 28, 2022 San Diego Padres — Taylor Rogers blew another save on Wednesday, his sixth in a 22-game stretch that has been as awful as the first 20 games were fantastic. Questioned after the game, he defended his performance (“tied for the [league] lead” in saves), but manager Bob Melvin said he would consider…
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Cubs being cautious with David Robertson ahead of trade deadline
July 27, 2022 Chicago Cubs – Future former Cub David Robertson was unavailable for a second straight day, which allowed Mychal Givens to secure his second save of the season. It’s pretty clear that they will be careful with Robertson ahead of the trade deadline, with teams like the Mets interested in acquiring his services.…
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Tanner Houck returns to the Red Sox, but Garrett Whitlock could make that irrelevant
June 30, 2022 Boston Red Sox — Tanner Houck will be back with the Red Sox for Friday’s game against the Cubs and should immediately retake the reins of the ninth inning. Maybe not for long, though, with Alex Cora insinuating that Garrett Whitlock will re-enter the bullpen when he returns from the injured list.…
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Jhoan Duran could get the next save chance in Minnesota
June 23, 2022 Minnesota Twins — The local paper wrote up Emilio Pagan as the Twins’ pseudo-closer on Tuesday, but since then, the 31-year-old has blown the lead in back-to-back games. The article quotes Rocco Baldelli as saying that he won’t commit to one particular closer, but we think Jhoan Duran is now more likely…
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Craig Kimbrel placed on paternity list
June 8, 2022 Los Angeles Dodgers — Craig Kimbrel was placed on the paternity list yesterday. Daniel Hudson will take over the ninth inning until Kimbrel returns this weekend. Hierarchy remains: Kimbrel | Hudson | Graterol. Boston Red Sox – After the Red Sox took the lead in the top of the 10th, Matt Strahm…