Tag: mark melancon
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Melancon and Brothers pick up saves
May 23, 2013 Colorado Rockies – Rex Brothers pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save of the season. It appears Rafael Betancourt will avoid the disabled list and could be back tomorrow. However, Betancourt has a history of groin injuries so we will wait and see if he is actually ready to go…
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Rafael Betancourt out with a tight groin; Brothers and Lopez await
May 22, 2013 Colorado Rockies — Rafael Betancourt left Tuesday night’s game with what the team immediately described as a “tight right groin” — no real surprise given its recent workload. Betancourt was initially listed as day-to-day, but if Wednesday’s MRI leads to a DL stint, it’s likely that Rex Brothers will take over the closer role. Wilton Lopez is another option if…
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Brandon League still fighting for his job; Oliver Perez brilliant so far
May 16, 2013 Milwaukee Brewers – Burke Badenhop pitched in the 7th inning last night in a game the Brewers were losing and has been surpassed on the Brewers’ threadbare depth chart by Brandon Kintzler. Kintzler has put together a stretch of five straight scoreless outings, a span that includes two 8th-inning holds ahead of…
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Jason Grilli possibly out for a few days; Santiago Casilla returning to the Giants
May 14, 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates — Jason Grilli left the clubhouse abruptly on Monday due to personal reasons, and should be considered day-to-day. No hierarchy change. . Closer . Set-Up . 2nd in line . 2014 Closer . Updated PIT Jason Grilli Mark Melancon Tony Watson Jason Grilli 5/14/13 San Francisco Giants — Santiago Casilla told MLB.com this past weekend that he expects…
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John Axford looming in Milwaukee; JJ Putz hasn’t lost his job… yet
April 25, 2013 Arizona Diamondbacks – Matt Reynolds got his 2nd extra-inning save in as many nights on Wednesday, but JJ Putz hasn’t lost the closer job yet despite a bad start to the season; last night, he was just unavailable due to being overworked. Also of note in Arizona is the resurgence of Heath…