
Blake Treinen will begin the season as the closer for the Washington Nationals, even though he has only one big league save. After Washington went a winter without landing a ninth-inning man and a spring training trying to figure out who would earn the role, manager Dusty Baker announced Thursday the 28-year-old Treinen won the job. Baker, general manager Mike Rizzo and pitching coach Mike Maddux waited until the team’s final day in Florida – the Nationals were playing an exhibition game at the Boston Red Sox – to settle on Treinen, who found out Thursday morning that he would be the reigning NL East champions’ closer.
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