A 2017 Oakland A’s bullpen preview: Closer by Committee?
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So, the question is for the Oakland Athletics is this: Will they end up using a “closer by committee” approach during spring training?
Will the team just guess the entire season? Or will Bob Melvin make an extremely informed decision each and every time a closer is needed?
This writer believes in Bob Melvin but 162 games is a quite a long time and takes six months to play?
Or will the Oakland Athletics change strategies and figure out which one of these simply amazing relievers should be the closer?
Only time will tell.
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