Josh Hader to work through issues in lower-leverage situations; Padres will match-up in the ninth inning until Hader gets job back
For the second time in three weeks, the Padres are giving the majors saves leader a break from the ninth-inning job. Last time, Taylor Rogers was traded away before that transitional role truly materialized. This time, with Josh Hader under contract through next year and considered arguably the best closer in the game, the Padres will stand by their struggling reliever as he goes under the hood.
“We’ll probably give him a break from in the interim,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said. “Let him work on some things. Our guys are really good about identifying kind of small things, whether it’s mechanical or whatever. We’ll give him a couple different outings or however long we think it takes to get him back into that role, but our best team obviously is with Josh Hader in the closer role and that’s why we got him.
Melvin declined to drill down on what specifically is off with Hader, but the embattled left-hander on Friday night indicated he thought he’d been “too rotational” in his delivery, which has played a role in walking five batters, hitting two more and allowing six runs in 3 1/3 innings since joining the Padres.Asked Friday night if he’d benefit from pitching lower-leverage situations, Hader said: “We’ll see. Obviously you have to be in the trenches to move forward.
Before back-to-back shaky outings on Thursday and Friday, Hader had not pitched since Aug. 9 because of a lack of save situations and the pitcher’s preference to work behind the scenes as opposed to simply pitching in games to get work in. “In this particular instance, I think all parties involved think there’s probably a little bit of work that needs to be done,” Melvin said. “It shouldn’t take long. You look at his history, he’s one of, if not the premier closer in the NL for a long time. It will happen again.”Before Saturday’s game, the Padres designated Nomar Mazara for assignment and recalled Jose Azocar from Triple-A El Paso to serve as speed off the bench and a right-handed bat against lefties.
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