Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY WE'LL KEEP BLOSSOMING WITH SORIANO CLOSING

Monday, May 28, 2012

WHY WE'LL KEEP BLOSSOMING WITH SORIANO CLOSING

There is no doubt once Mariano Rivera went down, Yankeeland was actively rooting for David Robertson to take over as the new Yankees closer. No, we were never replacing Mariano, we were merely suggesting if we needed a temporary closer, DRob earned it...we should give him a shot. Many of us didn't really concern ourselves with the fact that Rafael Soriano had "closer" experience. Well... I think it's safe to say that now we remember.

When DRob got hurt, we really only had Rafael Soriano to turn too, but that's a good problem. RaSo has a rhythm now...you get the ball to Soriano and you're bound to get a closed game, a win and a save for him. And that's what you want if you're the Yankees, consistency.

No, it's not Mariano and sure, it's not David Robertson, but let's face facts, Soriano is more than capable and with 5 saves so far this year, in fact, that's what Mariano merely suggested when the Yankees signed him, read HERE. So yeah, it's obvious at this point, let's not break up the rhythm...let's keep it this way when David Robertson returns... it's the right thing to do. Why? Here's why:

Much like DRob stepping up last season when RaSo went down to become our 8th inning guy, we didn't mess with the good thing. Now, I say this, Is Soriano is doing the job as closer consistently, a job that he absolutely loves, then don't mess with it, keep it happening. Even DRob couldn't argue with that.

Then, when Houdini gets back, give him that 8th inning role and build the bridge again like we've had to do so many times. One thing you can't deny is the Yankees have an outstanding bullpen and with our 8th inning guy as DRob and our closer as RaSo this season, well, let's just say consistency will rule.

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