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Originally Posted by packs
I'm not saying the number 2 should close, I'm questioning whether he could.
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of course they could...not many failed closers are number 2 starters versus failed number 3-5 pitchers leading their team in saves for a year or so or more
Look at Tom Gordon, when he tailed off he became a closer... It can be argued Mariano Rivera was a failed Starter.
Wilie Hernandez failed starter....
i dont see Eric Gagne lighting it up as a starting pitcher....
in fact usually when you fail a closer you could fund yourself without any job......you always hear about bad closers giving up tons of runs in non save situations but squeak by on save situations..so when the saves stop coming sometimes they out of league in a year or so....if fail as a starter you can always be a reliever even if not a closer..
Its not like kimbrel will becaome a starter if he loses his closer job, its more likely he out of the league in a few years if that happens for example...
if walker bueler comes back next year, i bet he would be a better closer than half the closers out there if dodgers decide to switch him