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Carlos Estevez losing grip on ninth inning in Colorado
August 9, 2016 Colorado Rockies — This might be the last straw for Carlos Estevez’s job as the Rockies’ closer. Following a couple of miserable outings last week, Estevez melted down last night at Coors Field, coughing up three runs in one-third of an inning for his fifth blown save of the year. After the game,…
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Adam Liberatore placed on DL
August 4, 2016 Los Angeles Dodgers – Adam Liberatore was placed on the 15-day DL Wednesday due to left elbow inflammation. Pedro Baez and Joe Blanton will be the likely candidates for saves if Kenley Jansen is unavailable. Updated hierarchy: Jansen | Blanton | Baez. VULTURE SAVE WATCH 1. Tom Wilhelmsen, Seattle Mariners — Edwin Diaz stumbled through his second save of…
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Edwin Diaz to close in Seattle
August 2, 2016 Seattle Mariners – After back-to-back poor outings, including a blown save on Sunday, Steve Cishek is out as Mariners closer. Edwin Diaz will take over for Cishek, with Tom Wilhelmsen likely getting the 8th for now. Cishek may still see some work in the 7th if Seattle has the lead, so we’ll keep…
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Adam Liberatore continues ascent in Dodgers bullpen
July 22, 2016 Los Angeles Dodgers – Adam Liberatore continued his impressive run on Thursday, pitching a clean eighth inning to set things up for closer Kenley Jansen in the ninth. In fact, Liberatore has pitched the eighth inning ahead of Jansen twice this week and has not allowed a run since May 18, when…
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Koji Uehara suffers right pectoral strain
July 20, 2016 Boston Red Sox — The injury woes continued for the Boston bullpen on Tuesday as fill-in closer Koji Uehara left an eventual 4-0 win with a strained pectoral muscle. He will be reevaluated on Wednesday, but in the meantime Brad Ziegler will get the 9th if any save opportunities arise. Some good news…