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Judging Bob Melvin’s Closer Decisions So Far

Leave it to baseball that your worst decisions pay off and your best ones backfire. Bob Melvin’s bullpen decisions the first 2 games have drawn much scrutiny, so why not a little more? Here’s my take on which decisions have been to his credit and which are worthy of critique:

- Casilla closing Monday: Terrible decision. Casilla had a shortened spring training, has not shown great velocity, hung a few sliders in the Bay Bridge series, and should be eased into high leverage. Melvin got away with a bonehead move there.

- Casilla not closing Tuesday: Great decision.