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Carlos Estevez, 32, was one of the top relief pitchers on the free agent market following a 26-save 2024 season for the Phillies and Los Angeles Angels.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The 2020 National League Rookie of the Year Award winner is widely regarded as one of the top five relief pitchers in Major League Baseball as evident in two All-Star Game appearances and recipient of the National League’s Trevor Hoffman Reliever of the Year Award on two occasions.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Joe Kelly, a relief pitcher on Los Angeles' last two World Series teams (2020 and 2024), believes players such as Sasaki and Shohei Ohtani would wind up on the Dodgers in a salary-cap system anyway.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Some fans even threw steel folding chairs at players, and Cleveland relief pitcher Tom Hilgendorf was hit in the head by one.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The 2020 National League Rookie of the Year Award winner is widely regarded as one of the top five relief pitchers in Major League Baseball as evident in two All-Star Game appearances and recipient of the National League’s Trevor Hoffman Reliever of the Year Award on two occasions.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Joe Kelly, a relief pitcher on Los Angeles' last two World Series teams (2020 and 2024), believes players such as Sasaki and Shohei Ohtani would wind up on the Dodgers in a salary-cap system anyway.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Some fans even threw steel folding chairs at players, and Cleveland relief pitcher Tom Hilgendorf was hit in the head by one.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Relief pitcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relief%20pitcher. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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