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Joe Girardi Is Right to Not Name a Closer to Replace Mariano Rivera

week, Yankees Universe was shaken by the news that Mariano Rivera tore his ACL while shagging fly balls in Kansas City. For the first days after the injury, Yankee fans reminisced about Mo’s greatest moments and wondered whether they would ever see him pitch again.

Rivera announced that he would come back, and now the season must go on.

The next question was: Who will be the Yankee closer?

Manager Joe Girardi has been coy and has still not given a firm response as to whether David Robertson or Rafael Soriano will try to fill Mariano’s shoes in the ninth inning. The Yankees’ own depth chart doesn’t list a closer, either.

Immediately after the injury, it appeared that Robertson would assume ninth ...

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