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Luke Gregerson unavailable Wednesday; Holland held out with stiff neck
May 20, 2015 Houston Astros –Luke Gregerson entered the ninth with a four-run lead, but he allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks before Pat Neshek recorded the final out for his first save of the season. After the game, manager A.J. Hinch said Gregerson will be unavailable on Wednesday because of his…
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Weekly Hot Seat update: May 1, 2015
Hot Seat spotlight: This week, the spotlight shines on Steve Cishek, who has struggled with both command and velocity in the early going. To the naked eye, Cishek hasn’t been quite as bad as his 9.82 ERA suggests. Take away his two worst outings, and he’s only allowed one run and three baserunners in six appearances.…
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Fernando Rodney struggles; Kevin Jepsen earns vulture save
April 15, 2015 Colorado Rockies — Prior to Tuesday’s game, Walt Weiss told Adam Ottavino that he would be the closer going forward; Ottavino responded by striking out the side to pick up his first save. Updated hierarchy: Ottavino | Betancourt | Logan. Seattle Mariners – Fernando Rodney continued his poor pitching on Tuesday and this time it…
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Top 30 relievers for holds leagues
Holds are a notoriously difficult category to predict due to the number of variables involved. Relievers who rack up a ton of holds are often solid relievers on good teams who come in ahead of strong closers in the 7th and 8th innings. Good closers will prevent very talented relievers from taking over the 9th…
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2015 Top 15 Middle Relievers
Our top 15 middle relievers are listed below. These players are ranked on the likelihood that they will get saves this season, not necessarily on how good they are. To cite an example, Kelvin Herrera is a great reliever who is unlikely to get any save chances since he’s stuck behind studs Greg Holland and…