[消息] Twins tab Rauch as Nathan's replacement
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Gardenhire opts for righty instead of closer-by-committee
MINNEAPOLIS -- Less than a week after Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said his
club would use a closer-by-committee to replace Joe Nathan at the start of
the season, he switched things up and announced on Friday that Jon Rauch will
be the Twins' closer.
"We're going with Rauch as our closer," Gardenhire said before the club's
first exhibition game at Target Field. "This way we kind of let everybody
else know where they are at. We've always had a good setup [in the bullpen]
where everybody knows their roles. ... If guys know their roles out there,
the system works. "
Gardenhire had mentioned Rauch, Matt Guerrier, Jose Mijares and Jesse Crain
as options to close when he originally spoke about the closer-by-committee
idea last Sunday. He said that after talking with all the pitchers, the club
decided to go with the most experienced option -- Rauch.
Rauch, 31, has 26 career saves. That includes 17 saves with Washington in
2008, the only time he was used in the closer role. Rauch got the closing job
for the Nationals that season when Chad Cordero was sidelined with a shoulder
injury.
"You lose a closer, you have to ad lib a little bit," Gardenhire said. "We
all know that."
"Rauch has got saves. He's been a closer. He has the most experience at it.
So we'll let him go do it. The rest of them will set him up and we'll go from
there. He wanted the ball. He definitely wants this shot. He's excited about
it."
Gardenhire informed Rauch of his decision to have him close on the plane ride
back to Minnesota. The pitcher thought it might be an April Fools' joke and
said he wasn't going to believe it was official until the manager announced
the decision.
XDDDD
"It's an honor to be thought of it in that job, and that they have the
confidence in me to do that," said Rauch, who acknowledged being happy,
nervous and excited when learning the news. "Hopefully I can just try to do
somewhat of the same job that Joe did for the past few years and just keep
this team on a winning streak and get 'em to the postseason."
While no reliever lobbied for the job, Gardenhire said that Rauch told him
"about 10 times" that he'd do whatever the club needed him to do.
"I think every reliever wants to be the guy to stop the game at the end, and
obviously I felt like I did the job before and felt like I could do it here,"
Rauch said. "I felt like we had a bunch of capable arms that could definitely
do it. That's why it's such an honor for me to get that."
Guerrier, Mijares and Crain will now serve as the main setup men for the
Twins. Pat Neshek, Clay Condrey and Brian Duensing are also options in the
bullpen.
The move to shift Rauch into the closer's role should allow the rest of the
relievers to stay in similar roles to what they've had in the past. And Rauch
said he believes that the defined roles will not only help him, but the rest
of the bullpen as well.
趕快去跟Nathan討教一下吧XD
Rauch加油!!
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