Tag: Taylor Rogers
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Trevor Hildenberger with his third straight save, but the job isn’t all his yet
August 16, 2018 Minnesota Twins — Trevor Hildenberger may be getting the hang of this, picking up his third save in as many chances since Fernando Rodney’s departure. Paul Molitor insists that the closer role is still fluid, and although Hildenberger was asked to pick a closer entrance song on Wednesday, so were four other…
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Kenley Jansen out for a month with heart trouble
[EDITOR’S NOTE: We are running our annual Donation Drive this week. Thank you, as always, for supporting us!] August 10, 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers — Kenley Jansen will miss at least a month with a recurrence of an irregular heartbeat — the same problem that sidelined him in 2011 and 2012, eventually leading to offseason surgery. With…
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Twins trade Rodney; Hildenberger and Reed could close
August 9, 2018 Minnesota Twins — Fernando Rodney was traded to Oakland on Thursday night, leaving a question mark at the back of the Twins’ bullpen. A few weeks ago, we would have guessed Trevor Hildenberger could claim the job, but he’s coming off three consecutive awful outings (7 ER, 2.2 IP). Addison Reed has…
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Brandon Maurer and Scott Alexander best-positioned in KC
September 9, 2017 Kansas City Royals — The Royals announced Friday afternoon that Kelvin Herrera was being removed from the closer’s role, and his performance in that night’s game didn’t cause any regrets. Brought in with the team down a run, he gave up two extra-base hits that eventually yielded two more runs. As we told you…
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Jeurys Familia posts an encouraging outing
September 8, 2017 Philadelphia Phillies – With Juan Nicasio leaving town as quickly as he’d arrived, the Phillies will likely give Edubray Ramos more looks in the 7th inning. Nicasio may crack the St. Louis hierarchy sooner rather than later, but he hasn’t made an appearance yet. Updated hierarchy: Neris | Garcia | Ramos. New…