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Cincinnati Reds right-hander Raisel Iglesias allowed one run in one inning in his spring training debut on Monday. The veteran closer gave up a hit and walk in the frame while striking out one. After the outing, he told reporters that he felt good and that his velocity "was there". Iglesias was solid as Cincinnati's closer in 2018, posting 80 strikeouts and 30 saves in 34 chances. That being said, there have been rumors that the Reds will use a committee at closer this season, which would cut i[...]

Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell said that closer Raisel Iglesias won't be used strictly in a traditional closer's role. "Hell be used in the most important spots in the game. We dont want to limit him," Bell said. The hard-throwing 29-year-old could be used in high-leverage situations before the ninth inning at times, but he has become one of the better closers in baseball after posting a 2.38 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, career-high 30 saves and 10.0 K/9 in 72 innings last year. [...]

Its never too early to start looking toward the fantasy baseball season, and Im here to continue RotoBallers position-by-position rankings analysis series for points league and head-to-head (H2H) formats with the ever-volatile relief pitcher position. The "closer carousel" seems to spin faster and faster every year, and there are very few names in the 'set it and forget it' category. [...]

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Now that the National League East and all their moves have been covered, it's time to look at the NL Central and discuss the lack of movement in that division.Several teams in the NL Central could benefit from strengthening their relief corps, yet only one team has made any noise in free agency or the trade market so far. There are still several talented late-inning pitchers available as free agents though, so with still about a month until spring training begins, the NL Central bullpens are cer[...]

A tough position to evaluate is that of relief pitchers, as a lot of success for closers comes from success from teams. There are also a lot of bullpens by committee these days, further stifling the value of closers.That being said, only four of the pitchers that ranked in the top-10 in saves in 2017 followed up in 2018. One of those pitchers had a huge jump in saves, but [...]

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