Jared Hughes earns a save in relief on Friday evening
by JP Gale | Sat, May 13th 12:33pm EDT
Jared Hughes earned his first save of the season in a ninth inning, two out mop-up role against the Mets on Friday. He entered after Jacob Barnes coughed up two runs in the top of the inning, and was able to shut the door on a 7-4 lead by retiring the final two batters.
Fantasy Impact:
Corey Knebel had thrown 41 pitches the day before, and the Brewers had a 7-2 lead heading into the ninth inning so asking Hughes to get the final two outs made plenty of sense. Knebel is first in line for saves in the Brewers bullpen with Neftali Feliz being removed from the closer's role. Hughes has a 2.63 ERA and a 1.61 WHIP with a 5/7 K/BB rate over 13.2 innings this season. There's no need to rush to get Hughes on your team as his save chances will come from scenarios like the one on Friday.
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