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Relief Efforts: Wild week in AL West bullpens

By Eric Karabell
ESPN.com

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

The top two teams in the American League West have closer issues, and deciding who will receive the save chances for these teams over the next week, or more, presents a problem. Just look at who got the opportunities Tuesday night. Lefty Ryan Rowland-Smith got five outs to save an Erik Bedard win, while the Angels turned to Justin Speier. That didn't go as well. Seemingly minutes after last week's Relief Efforts was published, Seattle's J.J. Putz was placed on the disabled list with a surprise ...

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