Philadelphia has added Dominican reliever Jeurys Familia this Sunday, hiring with which they add an arm of experience with the ability to pitch in the final innings and weaken the pitching of their rivals.
The agreement with Familia is for one season in exchange for six million dollars, as published by MLB Network.
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Familia, who has saved 125 games in his career, would not be the Phillies’ main option to take the mound in the ninth inning, as he enlisted fellow reliever Corey Knebel for that purpose.
Good combination
With Knebel and Familia at the helm, the Phillies are betting on surpassing the 36 saves they achieved in 70 save opportunities, which ended up costing them their chance to advance to the postseason, being eliminated from contention in the last week of the previous season. .
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