Tag: fernando salas
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Oh taking control of Cardinals’ bullpen again
July 9, 2017 St. Louis Cardinals — Seung-Hwan Oh pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his eighteenth save of the season. After giving way to Trevor Rosenthal for a few save opportunities, Oh has received the last two save chances and converted both. Rosenthal had his chance, but it looks like Oh has asserted…
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Felipe Rivero making quick work of Pittsburgh’s alleged committee
June 12, 2017 Pittsburgh Pirates – Sunday’s game made two four-out saves in two days for Felipe Rivero. If this is indeed a committee, Rivero is the clear leader, but let’s make him get one more before we remove his asterisk. And don’t panic if Juan Nicasio gets the save tonight (which he may, per…
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Hansel Robles sent to the minors
May 24, 2017 New York Mets — The Mets demoted the struggling Hansel Robles to Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday. We expect that Fernando Salas, who has three holds over his last five appearances, will be the primary set-up man for Addison Reed. Salas pitched a perfect 1.1 innings to close out Tuesday’s 9-3 win.…
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Rodney blows another save
April 30, 2017 Arizona Diamondbacks — Fernando Rodney allowed three runs in the ninth inning last night and recorded his second consecutive blown save. After the game, manager Torey Lovullo said that Rodney is still the closer. Archie Bradley came on to get the last two outs of the eighth inning last night, and he looks…
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Santiago Casilla grabs another Oakland save
April 22, 2017 Oakland A’s — For the second night in a row, Santiago Casilla pitched the ninth inning with a lead, this time converting a perfect save opportunity. Bob Melvin described Casilla as “a closer,” hastening to add that he wasn’t the only one Oakland has. Casilla has allowed only one hit in eight innings…