The Giants have yet to determine a preferred choice for the ninth inning.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — By the midpoint of last season, the three pitchers — and lockermates — who made up the back end of the Giants’ bullpen had developed an inside joke. Seemingly every game, Dominic Leone would work the seventh. Tyler Rogers would work the eighth. And the ninth belonged to Jake McGee.
At least to start the season, the Giants plan to employ a matchup-based strategy at the back of their bullpen. But Kapler has maintained that the ninth inning is there for anyone to claim, even though he continued Friday morning to decline to name a closer to start the season. The 24-year-old fireballer ended last season with a streak of 16 straight scoreless appearances. He went all of September and October without allowing a run, until his final outing in Game 5 of the NLDS, when he surrendered the decisive run to the Dodgers, eventually ending the Giants’ season.
This spring, the Giants are emphasizing to Doval the importance of paying attention to runners on base. There is a truism in baseball that the 27th out is the hardest to get. That it takes a special mindset to close games.
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