Fredi Speaks: Gregg is Still our Guy

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Jun/070

Fredi Speaks: Gregg is Still our Guy

Good news coming out of the managers office this morning. Fredi Gonzalez, on the heels of the Armando Benitez deal, has announced that Kevin Gregg is still his closer and will remain in that position for the foreseeable future. As reported in the Yahoo! AP Report…

“Kevin’s going to be the guy who is going to be closing for us,” Gonzalez said Thursday night before the Marlins lost 4-3 to the the Milwaukee Brewers. “I think he deserves that opportunity.”

“We’ll sit down and talk to him,” Gonzalez said of Benitez. “Right now, Kevin has earned that opportunity (to close) and we’ll see.”

Excellent and smart move. Kevin Gregg is one confident pitcher right now as displayed in the Cubbies series. It’s one thing to come into the ninth to close out a game, it’s another to come in with bases loaded and strike out Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez. Gregg deserves his shot.

Whew, that was close.

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