Tag: Matt Barnes
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Anthony Bender making his mark in Miami
July 6, 2021 Miami Marlins – For the last two years, Anthony Bender pitched in the independent leagues, but he’s now in the bigs and his slider is living up to his name. With Yimi Garcia — and several other of their top relievers — unavailable on Monday, Bender picked up his first career save.…
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Michael Fulmer is back at the top of the Tigers committee
June 17, 2021 Detroit Tigers – With a three-run lead the Tigers used Jose Ciserno in the eighth inning and saved recently activated Michael Fulmer for the ninth inning. It wasn’t the smoothest save for Fulmer, as he gave up two runs off of three hits, but he closed the door for his fifth save…
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Adam Ottavino picks up a save for Boston
June 8, 2021 Boston Red Sox — After three straight days of work, Matt Barnes got a much-needed day off on Monday. The Sox turned to Adam Ottavino to get the last four outs of Monday’s game, which he did for his third save of the season. Hierarchy remains: Barnes | Ottavino | Hernandez. VULTURE…
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Gabe Kapler: committee enthusiast
May 7, 2021 San Francisco Giants – Manager Gabe Kapler has effectively placed the committee asterisk on the Giants bullpen, saying Wednesday that Tyler Rogers will be in the ninth-inning mix more often. We’ll keep Jake McGee at the top for now, but he has had a rough time of late, allowing seven earned runs…
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Yimi Garcia picks up his first save and could be in line for more
April 11, 2021 Miami Marlins – We suggested in our previous Marlins update to keep an eye on Yimi Garcia and sure enough, it was Garcia who got the call in the 9th inning with the Marlins protecting a three-run lead yesterday. Garcia pitched a perfect inning to pick up his first save of the…