Tag: Will Smith
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2023 Trade Deadline Buy/Sell: American League
July 13, 2023 Special Update (Part 1 of 2 — check back tomorrow for the National League) —–Glossary:BUY+: This player has a strong chance (at least 50%) of becoming a closer by the trade deadline.BUY: This player has a small chance (at least 20%) of becoming a closer by the trade deadline.SELL: This player has…
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Cubs’ Daniel Palencia impressive in debut; Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase in rough stretch
July 5, 2023 Chicago Cubs — The Cubs remade their bullpen a bit Tuesday, calling up hard-throwing righty Daniel Palencia. He came on in a tight spot Tuesday night, pitching scoreless tenth and eleventh innings on just 12 pitches to earn his first major league win. Meanwhile, it would appear Julian Merryweather has pitched his…
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Will Smith blows a save at the worst possible time
July 4, 2023 Texas Rangers – An absolutely wild affair with the Astros which saw the Rangers surrender 10 runs in the first four innings was seemingly calming down after a stellar long relief outing from Cody Bradford and another scoreless inning from Aroldis Chapman, which allowed Texas to claw back and take an 11-10…
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Hunter Harvey is closing; Aroldis Chapman is not
July 3, 2023 Chicago White Sox – With much of the Chicago hierarchy needing the night off, the White Sox went to Gregory Santos in the 9th inning. Santos recorded his first save, which is enough to push him past the inconsistent Reynaldo Lopez on this hierarchy. Updated hierarchy: Graveman | Kelly | Santos. Washington…
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Scott McGough bounces back and Will Smith records a save
July 2, 2023 Arizona Diamondbacks — The Diamondbacks went right back to Scott McGough after allowing three runs in a blown save in his previous outing and he responded with a scoreless 9th inning for his 7th save of the season. Andrew Chafin got the 8th inning hold ahead of him. It’s a good sign for…