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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Having your best reliever available for "fireman" situations and your second-best guy as the closer is a pretty similar approach to hitting your best hitter 2nd instead of 3rd or 4th.
Mathematically, it's advantageous.
Estevez's velocity is still down. Hopefully that bounces back. With the timing of his spring, it wouldn't be unusual for his velocity to be down.
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Estevez was hitting 96-98 in the 9th today closing out the game against Cleveland.