Who is clevelands closer

Next came Bob Wickman. The Indians traded for Wickman at the deadline in He held the job until being traded away in July of , though he missed more than a year and a half due to an elbow injury and recovery from Tommy John surgery. He collected a team-record saves, with a solid 3. Danys Baez filled in while Wickman was out for the entire season. He was not especially impressive.

That turned out to be the best year the Indians have had in the s, but I have a hard time giving Borowski much of the credit, despite his league-leading 45 saves, because his 5. He was even worse in , and was released halfway through the season. He was mediocre in 4. Thus began the Chris Perez era. Perez was great in , then so-so in and though he defied his mediocre peripherals to put up a solid save percentage each of those years.

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Even though he made the team, Clase, Wittgren and Karinchak will handle the majority of the save opportunities. But the Indians are still hoping for Shaw to fill a key role.

Plesac had never faced Santana before, including his time in Spring Training last year. But it was cool to see him give a head nod and me give it back.