History has a way of repeating itself. Unfortunately, Andrew Bailey is learning that important history lesson again this year.
Bailey is likely to start this year like last year - on the DL. He has a thumb injury from a collision against the Pirates. Bailey originally thought the thumb just got jammed & it would work itself out, but no such luck.
Bailey flew back to Boston to get his thumb evaluated by doctors. Even if he skips the DL, it's a foregone conclusion that he will not be ready for the Tigers series when the season starts on Thursday.
Both Mark Melancon & Alfredo Aceves can fill the role of closer temporarily. I actually thought that Melancon's stuff looked better or as good as Bailey's. And how important is an arm like Alfredo Aceves now?
Too bad for Andrew Bailey. Hopefully, his injury is minor & he can get back into action in the 2nd series against Toronto. As a manager, you just like to have all your bullets in the gun when you start to play for real. 2 of Bobby's bullets will be missing without Bailey & Crawford.
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