Comments on: The Tigers are going to go with Bruce Rondon as their closer http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/09/the-tigers-are-going-to-go-with-bruce-rondon-as-their-closer/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 19 May 2013 03:54:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: joerymi http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/09/the-tigers-are-going-to-go-with-bruce-rondon-as-their-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-396651 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:44:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=254289#comment-396651 Was shocked he wasn’t placed on the expanded roster toward the end of the season. But I always support the conservative approach with pitching. If Castellanos is called up next season, and not used as trade bait, the Tigers might have a couple real nice rookies next season. Might being the operative word.

And I agree with the comment section, stop denoting guys closers.

]]> By: jarathen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/09/the-tigers-are-going-to-go-with-bruce-rondon-as-their-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-396553 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:52:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=254289#comment-396553 The word “closer” gets more and more grotesque every time I hear it. It’s a stupid title created around a rule that is exploited by agents and certain types of pitchers to make more money, and most GM’s are too dumb not to pay for it.

]]> By: danaking http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/09/the-tigers-are-going-to-go-with-bruce-rondon-as-their-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-396552 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:37:56 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=254289#comment-396552 Closers are baseball’s equivalent to running backs. They can be a big deal if you have a good team and a great one (Yankees/Mariano Rivera, Cowboys/Emmitt Smith) but for mots teams they’re interchangeable parts that depend greatly on their surroundings (good set-up men, late leads/good offensive line).

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/09/the-tigers-are-going-to-go-with-bruce-rondon-as-their-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-396541 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:13:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=254289#comment-396541 I think this acknowledges that the Tigers’ big interest right now is locking down Sanchez — and that they don’t think the FA closers available now are their cup of tea. It absolutely doesn’t hurt to give him a try early in the season and then work a trade later if you need to — the options might be better that way anyway. You don’t have to have everything set at the beginning of the season (as this one showed) and I think one of DD’s strengths is his (qualified) patience in working things out. Of course, that does not mean he’s not working on some secret bomb to drop either. He likes to do that too.

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