TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay's bullpen will be dramatically different this season in a lot of ways, but not where the last man standing is concerned.
Alex Colome will return as the closer, and he'll be a closer in the traditional sense of the role, which means logging the final three outs of a game and not coming in earlier to snuff out hot situations.
"We tried that last year and it probably wasn't fair, given the workload we were asking [Colome] to do," manager Kevin Cash said.