The Twins will begin their season with a committee of closers.
Manager Ron Gardenhire said that the Twins will not choose a closer to replace Joe Nathan when the season starts in a week. Instead they’ll go with a Closer-By-Committee lineup.
Probable members of that “committee” are right-handers Matt Guerrier, Jon Rauch and Jesse Crain and left-hander Jose Mijares. Francisco Liriano, who many people thought might get the closer job, was not mentioned.
“Liriano’s a starter,” Gardenhire said.
I personally like the fact that Liriano is not going to be used in that position, as I’ve mentioned before.
I’m not sure, though, about the committee thing. I guess time will tell. Typically Gardenhire has been able to make good use of what he has had, so maybe I shouldn’t doubt him.
