Tag: Kyle Barraclough
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Brad Brach to close for Baltimore to end the season
September 21, 2017 Baltimore Orioles — If you missed our alert late last night, Zach Britton will have an injection in his knee and miss the rest of the season with an MCL strain. Brad Brach should get any Baltimore save chances over the final nine games, with Darren O’Day his primary backup. Updated hierarchy:…
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Maybe a healthy Andrew Miller can give the Indians a spark
September 14, 2017 Cleveland Indians — Andrew Miller will be activated on Thursday, but he’ll spend some time reacclimating to high-leverage work as the Indians coast into the playoffs. The Tribe is 37-11 in games where Miller pitches, and 29-7 when he’s on the disabled list. Hierarchy remains: Allen | Smith | Shaw. VULTURE SAVE WATCH…
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Scott Alexander, Chris Rusin collect saves
September 13, 2017 Kansas City Royals — With his bullpen “running on fumes,” Ned Yost tabbed Scott Alexander for the save on Tuesday. It was a shaky save, but Alexander got the job done. Brandon Maurer had pitched the day before, and it’s likely that Yost wanted to try and rest him. Maurer and Alexander…
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Juan Minaya and Blake Parker shed the committee tag
September 3, 2017 Chicago White Sox — Juan Minaya picked up the save yesterday, his fourth since Tyler Clippard was traded in mid-August. Minaya is clearly the closer for the White Sox right now so we will drop the asterisk, but we will see how long that lasts. On Thursday, he blew the save by giving…
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Kelvin Herrera yanked again; day-to-day with forearm tightness
September 2, 2017 Kansas City Royals — For the second time in 10 days, Kelvin Herrera was pulled from a game in a save situation with forearm tightness. Both times it’s been Scott Alexander converting the unorthodox save, giving him two more than Herrera in that time period. Alexander has been solid this year and has…