Tag: Trevor Rosenthal
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Mauricio Cabrera catching on in Atlanta
July 8, 2016 Atlanta Braves – Closer Arodys Vizcaino was unavailable Thursday after a rough outing Wednesday (1 IP, 2 ER, blown save, 21 pitches). In his place during an 11-inning affair against the Cubs? It was the recently called up Mauricio Cabrera, who pitched a clean 11th inning for his second save. With Vizcaino on…
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Brandon Kintzler establishing himself; Jonathan Papelbon returns
July 4, 2016 Minnesota Twins – Following a scoreless 9th inning yesterday, Brandon Kintzler now has four saves to Fernando Abad’s one. Abad has also struggled recently, having allowed 6 ERs in his last 5.1 innings. Kintzler is inches from kicking his asterisk and could make appealing trade bait for teams looking to add some…
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Oh records save, Jake McGee returns for Rockies
July 3, 2016 St. Louis Cardinals — Seung Hwan Oh pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts to record his first career save. Jonathan Broxton pitched a scoreless eighth inning ahead of Oh. Another clean save from Oh could drop the committee talk and leave him as the primary closer. Hierarchy remains: *Oh | Broxton | Rosenthal.…
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Brandon Maurer wobbles through his first save for the Padres
July 2, 2016 San Diego Padres — True to his word, Andy Green gave Brandon Maurer the first save opportunity in the post-Fernando Rodney era, although it wasn’t the smoothest debut. Maurer entered in the ninth, up four with two men on, and allowed a run-scoring double, an RBI groundout, and a wild pitch that lowered the lead to one.…