SEATTLE -- Charlie Furbush has been a starter, a long reliever, a setup man and a lefty specialist over the course of his baseball career. Now he's even serving as something of a situational closer in tandem with rookie right-hander Carson Smith, working ninth innings when the opposing lineup features a lefty or two leading off the frame as happened in Wednesday's 2-0 victory over the Giants.
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But no matter the situation, Furbush has been outstanding this year. The 29-year-old southpaw has a 1.