Great news for all you Brian Fuentes owners.  He is expected to return to the Angels when he is elgible to come on the DL on Wednesday April 21.  Since Fuentes has been on the DL, former closr Fernando Rodney has taken over the role and has been perfect converting three saves in three chances.  When asked what he would do upon Fuentes's return, “Nothing’s changed,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “As we talked about from the beginning of the year, there are going to be games Fernando gets a chance to save even if Brian is active. That depth in the back end of our bullpen is important.”

Rodney has been perfect retiring all nine batters he has faced.  I would be hard to believe that come Wednesday and the Angels face a save situation that Scioscia doesn't role out Rodney.  What the Angels could do is platoon the two closers and use them depending on the batters they will face.  For Fuentes, he'll get the lefties.  For Rodney, the 9th innings loaded with righties.

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