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When looking at closers, which I agree are overrated, it does no good to look at traditional pitching stats. A closer could have a bad week and have a era over 4 or 5 for the rest of the season. The best way to look at it is to look at the effectiveness of the closer. Would the Tigers like to upgrade their bullpen including the closer? Sure, but there are only finite resources for the team and Jones could be the best there is until Zumaya is ready. I would have no problem if they brought back Jones for another year and he ends up being the closer.
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