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Diaz’s K-Rod comparisons flatter Tigers’ closer
- Updated: August 11, 2016
SEATTLE — Over the last couple of nights at Safeco Field, plenty of Detroit Tigers have gotten a good look at Mariners reliever Edwin Diaz, the rookie phenom who has dazzled with 58 strikeouts in his first 31 big league innings and has gone 5-for-5 in save opportunities in his first week as Seattle’s closer.
One opposing player in particular has taken notice. Francisco Rodriguez, who’s now 34, remembers what it was like to come out of the Minors with overpowering stuff at a very young age and confound hitters to the delight of his home fans.
The year was 2002, and Rodriguez, a 20-year-old Angels September callup from Triple-A, parlayed a dominant showing in the last weeks of the regular season into October immortality. He earned a World Series ring and a flashy …
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