The Philadelphia Phillies are sitting pretty as one of the National League's top contenders for the fourth season in a row. What they didn't have all those other years, however, is a lockdown closer — the pitcher who everybody in the stadium knows will shut things down with authority.
For the Phillies, that guy is the hottest acquisition of the trade deadline, fireballer Jhoan Duran. He finally gives the franchise the star closer that they've been missing for years.
With some uncompetitive Phillies teams over the past decade, there's a long list of names that perhaps even the biggest Phillies fans have forgotten had closed a game for the the team.