Recently-acquired reliever Brian Bruney would like the opportunity to close for the Nationals.
"I love closing ballgames," Bruney said. "There's nothing better than that in my opinion. I felt like New York was a good stepping stone with lots of pressure-filled situations. But to be honest, I had talked to my agent and I said, 'I can't wait to get to the place where I can try and close somewhere." The Nationals have to consider the request, as their current closer is highly-erratic Mike MacDougal. Manager Jim Riggelman said: "As we sit here right now, it's undetermined who would be our closer. I think that's a healthy situation, get some competition out there and maybe the hot hand takes it. ... I think this gives us another option." The two will battle at spring training. Source: Washington Post
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