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Hitters are attacking Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez early

It’s not as if Felipe Vazquez is a complete liability for the PIttsburgh Pirates.

He has 13 saves — should you care about that sort of thing — while carrying a 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He’s striking out 25 percent of his batters and inducing a career-low hard contact rate of 21 percent.

So why have Pirates fans lost faith in him?

Time for the noontime #Pirates poll

Simply put, do you still have faith in Felipe Vazquez pitching in high-leverage scenarios? Vote and @ me with why or why not - will RT best comments— Jason Rollison (@jrollisonpgh) June 14, 2018

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