Who is angels closer 2018

Some pitchers are no longer on the Angel roster so some new people will need to step up in new roles. Will this be enough to form a successful bullpen in ? The biggest question for is who will be the closer when the season starts in April. The most likely candidates in-house at least would be Cam Bedrosian or Keynan Middleton.

A longshot would be Blake Parker. All three relievers closed games in , but my money would be on Cam Bedrosian getting the first shot, but it will probably be a battle royale come Spring Training. The other option is the Angels could attempt to get a closer through free agency. Some lower cost guys who could be closers Koji Uehara, Jason Motte, and Brandon Morrow could also be potential targets for the Angels to shore up the back end of the bullpen.

The Angels could also choose to re-sign Yusmeiro Petit and Bud Norris who both did a great job last season for the most part and move J.

Ramirez back to the bullpen. Facing Seattle on the mound for the first time since his AL Rookie of the Year season in , Ohtani retired eight of his final nine batters before being pulled after just 76 pitches — far too many of them splitters for the Mariners' taste. Ohtani also went 0 for 2 with a walk in the No. Crawford hit his first career leadoff homer and drove in both runs for the Mariners, who lost to the Angels for only the second time in five meetings this season. Ohtani still wouldn't have earned his first victory at Angel Stadium since without Iglesias, who came through superbly in the eighth after teammate Mike Mayers allowed three runners on six pitches.

The Angels' first-year closer got a foul pop and two strikeouts against the Mariners' batters. Former Angels pitcher Hector Santiago gave up Rojas' third homer of his rookie season in the fourth. Taylor Trammell hit a leadoff double in the third and scored on Crawford's sacrifice line drive to right, but Upton tied it with his 12th homer of the season in the third, matching his total from the season in 15 fewer games.

It's a really good splitter. Upton also homered in his second straight game and in his fourth straight game overall at Angel Stadium, a mark surpassed among Angels only by Bobby Bonds, who homered in five consecutive games in Anaheim in Cam Bedrosian is the logical choice to take over Middleton's role. Angels beat writer Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register nice fantasytip hashtag points out Anderson has been used in some high-leverage situations in recent games against the Astros and Yankees.

Fantasy owners in leagues with daily transactions should still put Bedrosian ahead of Anderson on their priority lists. He ended on a streak of 11 scoreless outings.

He began just as dominant before a damaged UCL ended his season. In The one concern with his game is his walk rate, as he allowed 4. Middleton is set to return sometime in the middle of the season.

A third round pick, Middleton has a blazing fastball that he uses as his main setup pitch. He has excellent command of the pitch and has touched triple digits with it before. He can use it against both left-handed and right-handed hitters, and it is his primary strikeout pitch.

He also mixes in an average changeup that has been used effectively low in the zone to work groundouts.