Who is new mariners closer

The chart below breaks down all 30 major-league teams' bullpens in terms of relievers' proximity to the closer role, not their overall fantasy value. Teams are broken down by division. Sulser closed the team's Sept. He might not be far from recapturing his former closer's role.

The Rays have made it clear under the Kevin Cash regime that they're a closer-by-committee, and that's especially true now that Andrew Kittredge neck , the best reliever in terms of WAR in , has been placed on the day injured list.

The team won back-to-back road games during the Sept. Alex Lange then closed the team's Sept. It seems likely that Fulmer is first in line for Tigers saves, followed by Funkhouser and Lange.

Chafin has been their most effective reliever of late, while Romo has blown two of his past three chances and has a Steckenrider and Sewald have shared the Mariners' closer role in recent weeks, with the former totaling four saves and the latter three dating back to Sept.

Steckenrider is 6-of-6 converting his save chances with three holds and a 3. Consider them co-closers at this point, with Diego Castillo third in line. NOTES: While Phillies manager Joe Girardi seems to be taking a committee approach to the primary setup role, Neris appears to have emerged as Girardi's top choice in the eighth inning, as the right-hander has six holds and a 2. Rainey, activated from the injured list on Sept. It could be that the team has changed closers, though either as well as Andres Machado could be a ninth-inning option during the final week.

Facebook Twitter Email. Mariners, Astros make four-player trade before playing each other. Show Caption. So when we finally do get to see Giles toe the rubber in a Mariners uniform, what can we expect? His fastball velocity in was in the 94th percentile. Kendall Graveman and Kenyan Middleton also throw hard from the right side, and they could be with Giles and those other two mentioned if they perform well in Both Graveman and Middleton are on one-year contracts for the season.

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