Tag: Charlie Furbush
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Rodney out as closer for Mariners, Carson Smith records save
June 7, 2015 Seattle Mariners — Carson Smith pitched a perfect 9th on Saturday night to record his first career save. Manager Lloyd McClendon said recently that he didn’t have any alternatives to Rodney, but finally admitted that Rodney would get some time off from closing to clean up some things. It looks like it will be a closer-by-committee with…
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2015 AL West preview
March 6, 2015 Houston Astros — Houston bolstered its bullpen again this offseason, bringing in ex-A Luke Gregerson (3 years, $18.5 million) and dubious All-Star Pat Neshek (2 years, $12.5 million) to challenge incumbent Chad Qualls, the oldest player in Astros camp, for the closer role. We think Gregerson has the edge over Qualls, Neshek, and Josh…
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Zach Putnam gets two saves in two days; Joe Nathan struggling
July 20, 2014 Toronto Blue Jays – Casey Janssen was unavailable due to a bout of food poisoning, so Aaron Loup got the call in the 9th inning, picking up his third save of the year. With Brett Cecil pitching erratically as of late (Cecil has allowed a run in four of his last nine…
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Uehara and Kimbrel to return; Strop gets an edge
April 17, 2014 Oakland A’s — It was Luke Gregerson’s turn to blow a save on Wednesday. Bob Melvin has said that he’ll consider making some changes in the bullpen on tomorrow’s off day; don’t be surprised if Jim Johnson gets back into it. Hierarchy change: Jim Johnson to 2nd in line, replacing Ryan Cook. . Closer . Set-Up . 2nd…
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Nick Vincent earning some bigger innings
September 16, 2013 Seattle Mariners – Carter Capps was summoned in the 5th inning on Sunday and has been knocked around in his last few outings. After a short time when Capps was getting some higher-leverage innings, Charlie Furbush has resumed to his role as a dual set-up man with Yoervis Medina. Hierarchy change: Charlie…