AL East: A closer committee in Tampa Bay?
Feb 3 2026
The departure of Pete Fairbanks from Tampa Bay left the team’s closer role in question, and early returns indicate that the team will use a closer-by-committee rather than a set closer. When discussing a change to this arrangement, manager Kevin Cash was in support of the idea, stating, “I think keeping it more fluid there are times that that gives us a good chance to win games … We’ve done it (previously) and we’ve had a very successful bullpen that really embraced the role of not having that closer.”
Edwin Uceta, whose dominant second half earned him an “UP: 30 Sv + Holds” in the 2026 Baseball Forecaster, is set to figure prominently in the team’s late-inning plans. While Uceta’s surface stats took a...
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