middle reliever

The Mariners made one roster move before Saturday’s game, placing left-handed middle reliever Gabe Speier on the 15-day injured list retroactive to Thursday and calling up righty Collin Snider from Tacoma to take his place.

They have to land another Yordan Alvarez and not trade him this time for an ineffective middle reliever.

If the Astros had returned to the World Series, you would have been deluged with another autumn of reminders that the Dodgers acquired a middle reliever named Josh Fields for a prospect named Yordan Alvarez, who developed into one of the elite sluggers in the major leagues.

Rookie infielder Jordan Westburg hit a 424-foot home run and middle reliever Mike Baumann improved to 9-0 on the season.

Cuas is another middling middle reliever whose stock is at an all-time high as contenders stockpile bullpens.