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Parnell has value as set-up man

By Jason Grey
ESPN.com

Sunday, June 7, 2009

It's been an interesting career progression for the Mets' Bobby Parnell. A starter his entire pro career, Parnell, two months into his first full season as a big league pitcher, finds himself as the primary set-up man to Francisco Rodriguez. J.J. Putz is expected to be out eight to 10 weeks for surgery to repair a bone spur in his elbow, but Parnell had supplanted Putz in the eighth even before that news broke. Parnell has fanned almost a batter per inning and not allowed a ball to leave the y ...

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