According to Bill Ladson, Nationals reliever Drew Storen -- who's been groomed as the club's closer -- is in danger of not breaking camp with the big club. Either way, he he might not be the closer:
Will Nationals Really Deploy Closing Committee?
Also, manager Jim Riggleman gave the media every indication he is going with a closer by committee, which means Storen, Tyler Clippard, Sean Burnett and Todd Coffey will get a chance to pitch in the ninth inning.
That will be a lot of fun if it happens, but it probably won’t.
If Riggleman really starts the season that way, it won’t be more than a few weeks before he picks whichever of those guys looked the best in his dozen or so innings. Really, though, if you don’t know on Opening Day which of them is best-equipped to get the big outs, you haven’t been paying close enough attention.
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