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Jesse Crain to DL, Jason Frasor ascending
July 5, 2012 Toronto Blue Jays – Jason Frasor pitched the 7th inning of a close game for the second night in a row. He now has 11 holds on the season and seems to have established himself as the guy that the Blue Jays will use ahead of Oliver and Janssen. Hierarchy change: Jason…
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Tyler Robertson moves up for Twins
July 4, 2012 Minnesota Twins – Tyler Robertson pitched a perfect 8th with the Twins up 1 as he picked up his 2nd hold in three games. Robertson was called up from Triple-A Rochester when Matt Capps was put on the DL and has been used in a bunch of late inning situations. He also…
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Ryan Cook most likely to emerge in Oakland’s closer by committee
June 9, 2012 Oakland A’s – Bob Melvin told the San Francisco Chronicle before Saturday’s game that he would employ a closer-by-committee going forward, with Ryan Cook, Brian Fuentes, and Grant Balfour involved. Melvin also said that Ryan Cook was his best option in any tough situation, making him the best bet to win the…
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Hisashi Iwakuma picks up 2nd save in 4 days, but is not a candidate to close for the Seattle Mariners.
June 2, 2012 Seattle Mariners – Hisashi Iwakuma has picked up two saves in his last two outings. However, his save on May 30th was of the 3 inning variety in a 21-8 win over the Texas Rangers, and his save today was in the 12th inning after Seattle had used most of their other relievers.…
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Javier Lopez gets a save, Ernesto Frieri continues to dominate
June 2, 2012 San Francisco Giants – Starter Madison Bumgarner pitched into the 9th but after a couple guys got on Santiago Casilla came on to finish it out. Casilla gave up a 3 run homerun to the first batter he faced and gave up 2 more hits while only getting one out, also hurting…