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  • Corey Knebel to close for Brewers while Neftali Feliz gets “a break”

    May 12, 2017 Milwaukee Brewers — Craig Counsell just announced that Neftali Feliz would get “a break” from closing in favor of Corey Knebel. The “break” language makes it sound like Counsell would like to return to Feliz, so we’ll leave him at #2 for now. Updated hierarchy: Knebel | Feliz | Barnes.

  • Jeurys Familia likely out for a while with arterial clot in throwing shoulder

    May 12, 2017 New York Mets — Mets closer Jeurys Familia has an arterial clot in his throwing shoulder and will likely be out for a while, if not the rest of the season. According to the team, Familia will see Dr. Robert Thompson, who performed season-ending surgery to alleviate thoracic outlet syndrome on Mets starting pitcher Matt…

  • Shawn Kelley still likely to get next Washington save opportunity

    April 20, 2017 Washington Nationals — A 10-run win means the new Nationals closer committee will have to wait for its big debut. Expect Shawn Kelley to get the first shot, but because he probably won’t be used in back-to-back games, Koda Glover could see a fair amount of chances too. Updated hierarchy: *Kelley | Glover |…

  • Tony Barnette should get the next save chance in Texas

    April 13, 2017 Texas Rangers — Before Texas blew its game open — gifting a save to young Jose Leclerc — the first save chance in the post-Sam Dyson era was slated for Tony Barnette, a 33-year-old with no prior major league saves. In 2015, though, Barnette led the Japan Central League with 41 of them, tied with some guy…

  • 2017 NL Central Preview

    March 1, 2017 Chicago Cubs — The World Series champions replaced one All-Star closer with another, signing Wade Davis to replace Aroldis Chapman. Davis has been one of the best relievers in the league recently, and should see a lot of save chances for an excellent Cubs team. Hector Rondon will likely be the first option…