Tag: Blake Parker
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Closers for Rangers, Diamondbacks, Cardinals, and Angels still unsettled
March 22, 2018 Texas Rangers — One week from Opening Day, the Rangers’ closer situation still hasn’t really cleared up. With Jeff Banister eager to deploy Alex Claudio and Matt Bush (who lost his chance at the rotation after three poor starts) in high-leverage situations before the ninth, it sounds more and more like Texas…
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Nate Jones pushes his way into White Sox closer competition
March 12, 2018 Chicago White Sox – The closer gig on the South Side — seemingly in the hands of Joakim Soria at the outset of camp — has turned into a full out competition thanks his bumbling spring (2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 0 K) and the re-emergence of Nate Jones, who has…
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Joe Musgrove picks up first career save
September 17, 2017 Houston Astros – As predicted in yesterday’s Vulture Save Watch, Ken Giles got the night off. However, instead of Chris Devenski getting the save chance, the Astros went with Joe Musgrove. Musgrove pitched the final two innings to record his first career save. Since moving to the bullpen, Musgrove has stellar numbers…
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The Angels return to a closer-by-committee
September 11, 2017 Los Angeles Angels – Sporting a three-run lead, the Angels went Bedrosian-Parker-Petit to get through the final three innings. So the committee is back — maybe it never really left — though we still think Parker is the best bet at this point to get a save on any given night. Updated…
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Carson Smith takes over as 18th-inning man in Boston
September 6, 2017 Boston Red Sox — Carson Smith was activated from the disabled list Tuesday and had one of the strangest debuts of the season on Wednesday morning. In his first appearance since May 14, 2016, Smith threw a scoreless 18th inning that included Josh Donaldson’s ejection after Smith’s very first pitch. Don’t expect Smith…