PT TODAY: Boxberger, Parker emerging as closers
Mar 28 2018
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| National League | American League | |
| Diamondbacks | Brad Boxberger to close | |
| Arizona Diamondbacks RHP Brad Boxberger will open the season as the team's closer, according to manager Torey Lovullo. Source: MLB.com - Steve Gilbert | |
| BHQ take: There was a trio of relievers under consideration for the role, but if experience was the driver, the selection of Boxberger can’t come as a surprise. Between Archie Bradley, Yoshihisa Hirano and Boxberger, only the latter has more than one career save in the American major league—even if all but three of his 44 came in 2015 and none in the past two seasons. Manager Torey Lovullo was loath to mess with former... |
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