The closer is a heralded position on any baseball club.
While most relievers are in the bullpen to begin the game, there are relievers who don’t like to jump the gun. When he was closing for the A’s, Dennis Eckersley would spend the first six innings in the dugout or clubhouse.
The A’s new closer, Edward Mujica, will have none of that. He’s the man now that Tyler Clippard has been traded, but he is not about to change the way he approaches the game.
“I’ll get to the pen right away to start the game,’’ Mujica said.