PLAYING TIME: Officially, Reed steps into closer role
May 24 2012
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Reed now top Sox saves choice
Skipper Robin Ventura confirmed earlier this week something that had become obvious from recent usage patterns: that Addison Reed (RHP, CHW) was now the team's primary closer. After naming Héctor Santiago (LHP, CHW), then the infamous "committee" as the team's stopper over the first six-plus weeks, Ventura seems to have put his stamp on what skills-based analysts have been saying all along: Given his high strikeout rate (11.5 Dom) and good Cmd (2.4), Reed is the best Sox reliever to have at the end of the game.
That's not to say it's a once-and-done decision. Reed's BPV is only 84, and he showed on May 13 that he's not above implosion: 6 ER in one-third of an inning pitched. But...
Almost!
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