Tag: Mike Mayers
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A’s wink at a possible committee going forward
May 4, 2021 San Diego Padres – Drew Pomeranz continued his strong season with a clean, 2-strikeout 8th inning ahead of Mark Melancon. Emilio Pagan has been perfectly decent — and the placement of these two might be trivial if the Padres decide on a committee approach should Melancon miss time — but for now,…
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Jays go back to Rafael Dolis after Jordan Romano’s shaky outing
April 26, 2021 Detroit Tigers – Buck Farmer allowed 2 more runs yesterday and is off to a rough start this season. The Tigers will continue to mix and match in the late innings, but it’s unlikely that Farmer gets much high-leverage work until he can lower his 9.72 ERA. Updated hierarchy: *B.Garcia | Soto…
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Jesse Hahn, Alec Mills could be working their way into late innings
April 6, 2021 Minnesota Twins – Randy Dobnak picked up a 3-inning save in Monday’s blowout victory over the Tigers. He doesn’t factor into the Twins usual late-inning plans. Hierarchy remains: *Colome | Rogers | Robles.* = closer-by-committee Kansas City Royals – Jesse Hahn, who saved three games and pitched extremely well for the Royals…
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Felix Pena and Ross Stripling record saves
September 24, 2020 Los Angeles Angels – The Angels went back to Mike Mayers for the third game in a row and he pitched a scoreless 8th inning. Mayers came back out for the 9th as the Angels were looking for him to get more than 3 outs for the 8th straight appearance, but after…
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Alex Colome experiences back spasms
September 23, 2020 Chicago White Sox — Alex Colome needed just six pitches to get through a tied ninth inning, but he was unable to return for the 10th inning to protect a 3-1 lead after experiencing back spasms in the dugout. Manager Rick Renteria didn’t seem overly concerned after the game, but we’ll likely…