[洋基] Robertson will be the team's closer

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http://nypost.com/2014/01/22/owner-declares-david-robertson-the-yankees-closer/ Owner declares David Robertson the Yankees’ closer With Masahiro Tanaka signed and having taken the Yankees’ outlay to retain and sign free agents beyond a half a billion dollars, Hal Steinbrenner declared his baseball operation staff must “be creative” in finalizing the roster. The one glaring need that remains is finding a reliever who can either close if David Robertson cannot handle being Mariano Rivera’s successor or pitch the eighth inning to replace Robertson. In discussing that matter, Steinbrenner did what others in his organization have so far avoided this offseason – the owner declared David Robertson the closer. “We are going to continue to look, but no doubt we have already spent a lot of money this offseason,” Steinbrenner said. “I have a lot of confidence in Robertson and so does Joe [Girardi]. Robertson is going to be our closer, and I believe he will do a good job. We have done a lot to improve our team and we just have to understand that you cannot be perfect everywhere.” The best closers available in the free-agent market are Grant Balfour and Fernando Rodney, and there are candidates attempting to return from injury such as Andrew Bailey, Joel Hanrahan and Ryan Madson. It is possible the Yankees could trade for a relief piece, and they probably would love to move as much as Ichiro Suzuki’s $6.5 million as possible as part of a deal. For example, Arizona’s J.J. Putz and San Diego’s Huston Street each makes $7 million this year and both teams have potential closer replacements on the roster, so perhaps something could be worked out in that manner. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.134.23.156

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