Tag: Carlos Villanueva
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Fernando Rodney headed to the Marlins; Ryan Buchter to close for Padres
June 30, 2016 Miami Marlins – Rumors have been flying all afternoon, and the teams have just made it official: Fernando Rodney is headed to the Marlins in exchange for a minor leaguer. Despite the year he’s having, we think it’s unlikely that Rodney would close given his volatile history and the year that A.J. Ramos is…
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Padres ‘pen roughed up in stunning Seattle comeback win
June 3, 2016 San Diego Padres — The Mariners tagged Padres relievers for 10 runs in an amazing 16-13 comeback win after being down 12-2. Brandon Maurer was among the relievers touched up, yielding three runs without recording an out (to be fair, fellow hierarchy mate Ryan Buchter gave up four runs in 0.2 IP). It has…
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Cory Gearrin and David Hernandez record saves
May 15, 2016 San Francisco Giants — As expected, Santiago Casilla got the night off on Saturday. Cory Gearrin picked up his first save in almost three years. Josh Osich has gone less than one inning in his last six appearances, so Gearrin could continue to see save chances when Casilla is unavailable. Updated hierarchy: Casilla | Gearrin | Osich.…
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Koji Uehara is tougher than you are, will be day-to-day after line drive to wrist
August 8, 2015 Boston Red Sox — As we told you last night, Koji Uehara took a line drive off his right arm at the end of Friday’s game and appeared to be in serious pain. Postgame X-rays, however, showed no break, and Uehara was half-jokingly promising to be back by Sunday, as he explained that…
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Casey Fien moving up in Twins bullpen
June 28, 2015 Minnesota Twins – Casey Fien pitched a scoreless 8th inning last night ahead of closer Glen Perkins. Fien has only given up one run since returning from the DL at the end of May and looks to be regaining his 8th inning role for the Twins. Updated hierarchy: Perkins | Fien | Boyer. St.…