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The Latest On The Closer Carousel/Circus: 5.12.2012
This has been without a doubt the worse year on record for major league closers. The amount of closers lost to injury times the number of closer with terrible starts, divided by the number of closers who have just lost the job is a formula even a Sabermetrics wannabee with a degree from MIT couldn’t compute. Since spring training has wrapped up, at least 17 closer jobs have changed hands due to any of … Read entire article »
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Los Angeles Dodgers Team Report
This job is sadly up for grabs. The Dodgers will start spring training with plans in place for Jonathan Broxton to be the closer, but after his failures last season, they cannot trust him at this point. While injuries slowed Broxton down in 2010, that isn’t the whole picture. Broxton broke down and by August 13, he was no longer the closer. While he plans to enter 2011 fit and healthy, the Dodgers and … Read entire article »
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