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Mackanin may replace Gomez as closer
- Updated: September 21, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Nobody could have predicted Jeanmar Gomez would save 37 games this season.
So then who could have predicted somebody else could still close games for the Phillies in the season’s final 11 games? Phillies manager Pete Mackanin has been forced to consider the possibility because Gomez has a 10.13 ERA in 16 appearances since Aug. 14.
“I’m thinking about it,” Mackanin said before Wednesday night’s game against the White Sox at Citizens Bank Park. “I’m going to talk with him today, see where he’s at, see how he feels. We’ll see. He hasn’t been pitching well. So it’s got to be addressed somehow.”
It is an interesting situation for Mackanin. Gomez essentially slid into the closer’s role out of desperation after the Phillies’ bullpen struggled terribly in the season’s first four games. Gomez, who entered the season as a middle reliever, took to the role and pitched …
