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Why Craig Kimbrel Is the All-Star MLB Closer with 42 Saves Who Can't Get a Job

Opening Day of the 2019 Major League Baseball season is less than three weeks away, yet one of the greatest closers ever still doesn't have a job.

It isn't because there aren't fits for Craig Kimbrel. He might go back either to the Boston Red Sox or Atlanta Braves, both of whom are World Series hopefuls with major questions in their bullpens. Other noteworthy possibilities include the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals.

Still another is the Tampa Bay Rays, whose ace knows what he'd do if he was in charge.

"I want Kimbrel," reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.