Zoning in on the 2016 Mariners
Some guys, they want that closer role. They need the closer role. They think working the ninth is different and have to know it’s theirs.
Joaquin Benoit is not one of those guys.
Benoit, who was acquired back in November via trade from San Diego, does have experience closing—locking down 24 games for the Tigers in 2013 and closing 11 games for the Padres in 2014. But the save statistic some guys chase doesn’t mean all that much to him.
“I don’t really get the part where everybody’s thinking three outs in the eighth and three outs in the ninth are any different,” he said in speaking on the Cactus League Report.