Vinnie Pestano (RP)

Cleveland Indians RP Vinnie Pestano recorded a strikeout in his 21st consecutive relief appearance Saturday, ...

Cleveland Indians RP Vinnie Pestano has posted at least one strikeout in each of his ...

Entering Friday's contest against Boston, Cleveland reliever Vinnie Pestano had recorded at least one strikeout in each of his first 16 appearances of the season, the longest streak of any Indians reliever to start a campaign. "I study the hitters and I study what they strike out on against right-handed pitchers," Pestano told MLB.com. "So I am trying to strike them out. I'm trying to look for tendencies...

Cleveland Indians RP Vinnie Pestano (1-0) struck out both batters he faced in a victory ...

Injuries in Toronto and Kansas City are reshaping the closer landscape and a Boston fill-in is on borrowed time. Plus, more news from the Cardinals,Indians, and Nationals.

The method behind drafting and picking up closers is examined by USA Today.

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Thursday's opening slate of games offered some dominant starting pitching performances and some duds out of the bullpen. We don't like to jump to conclusions this early, but which of these opening results should have you most encouraged or worried?

It is important to note that while the mile per hour readings on Cleveland’s gun yesterday said both Perez and Pestano were down, the gun also read that each pitcher was down roughly the same amount. So even though Perez may still be injured, the injury did not force him to a lower velocity. Even with that disclaimer, Perez did post the lowest average mile per hour marks on his fastball and slider...

Bullpen report from around the MLB.

RotoDaddy checks in with his thoughts on Opening Day performances around the league.

The starting pitchers are heroes. The hitters are zeroes. And some of the closers go even lower than that. The chase for saves is a 24-7-365 exercise. Runs have been difficult to come by in the early going — the scores on the sandlot look like scores from soccer's World Cup — but the bats tend to perk up when a closer toes the rubber. Consider the fireworks Thursday, with Chris Perez blowing up...