White Sox now have two stud closers
With the White Sox having added Craig Kimbrel, they now have two of the best closers in baseball, including incumbent closer Liam Hendriks.
Kimbrel is 23 for 25 in save chances with a 0.49 ERA, 1.08 FIP, 0.71 WHIP and 64 strikeouts against 13 walks in 36 2/3 inning this season. After a bumpy start to his Cubs' career, he's re-established himself as an elite-level closer.
Hendriks is there as well. He's 25 for 30 in save chances with a 2.58 ERA, 2.71 FIP, 0.73 WHIP and 71 strikeouts against just four unintentional walks in 45 1/3 innings.
Kimbrel is having the better year, statistically, but the White Sox have an eight-game lead in the AL Central. Do they mess with having Hendriks as their ninth-inning guy? Early reports indicate the plan is to use both in closing roles. Flexibility is good, but Tony La Russa is a manager ingrained in his ways and has long preferred just one closer. Hendriks has thrived before in a setup role while Kimbrel has basically only been a closer.
Assuming Hendriks is OK with the role change, and he likely would be, it seems as though the smart move would be to just install Kimbrel as the closer and use Hendriks in either a fireman role -- he's fine to go multiple innings -- or as the eighth-inning guy.
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