NEW YORK - For the majority of his seven-year career, Jeanmar Gomez has existed in the shadows. He failed as a starter for the Cleveland Indians, so he became a middle reliever. His most frequent appearances are in the sixth and seventh innings. He did his job so well last season - e.g. no one noticed the lean righthander - that the Phillies paid him $1.4 million to return.
Now, he is their closer.
"For me, I don't think too much about that," the soft-spoken Gomez said. "If you're thinking too much, you try to do more than you can do.