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Fernando Rodney, White Knuckle Closer

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Q.  Is Fernando Rodney a Legit Closer?

A.  He was never Craig Kimbrel, you realize.  

Last year's 48-for-51 saves thingy was a mirage, like it was a mirage for Jered Weaver to go 18-9 last season.  Like it was a mirage for Chris Davis to hit 53 home runs in 2013.  Ain't it funny how we sabermetricians just cannot tear our eyes off of the old stats?  :- )

Rodney "happened" to close out an amazing number of wins in 2014, but there was a lot of luck in involved in that.  And now he's got a 6.61 ERA, and there's a lot of luck in that too.  Fernando Rodney is what he is, what he's always been.  He hasn't lost anything off his fastball.

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Q.  And what has Rodney always been?

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