by fimk3777 » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:24 pm
Jun 1 Dejan Kovacevic, of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, reports Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Tracy wanted to make it clear that job performance was not the reason the club removed RP Salomon Torres from the closer role. "I don't feel like Salomon did a bad job as closer," Tracy said. "But the flip side is that he has shown he can go greater distances, get multiple outs, and his resiliency is stronger than where Matt's would be. Let's face it: The problem getting through the seventh inning and getting back to those guys has been our biggest issue."