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The Tigers placed closer Shane Greene on the DL with a shoulder strain yesterday, opening the door for Joe Jimenez to potentially run away with the job, as long as he starts pitching well again that is. Before Monday afternoons game, Jimenez had a 2.77 ERA and 1.08 WHIP to go with an appealing 44/9 K/BB rate on the year. Then, in his first save chance since Greene was placed on the DL, he walked three batters (one intentional) and allowed a double, subsequently being credited with his first blown save since early May. I still have a ton of faith in him going forward, and while we could chalk up the walks today to potential jitters from the fact he is now the teams closer but the past week has been really bad (3.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 4 K). It’s a bad time to go cold, but I’d still buy in here where he is available as a potential top 12-15 closer the rest of the season depending on Greene’s healthy/trade status.