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ANALYSIS: Luke Gregerson is out as the closer in Houston, according to Astros manager A.J. Hinch. Officially, it will be the dreaded closer-by-committee taking over. Unofficially, it's 31-year-old Will Harris's job to run with and lose. In case you've been sleeping under a rock, that's the Will Harris who's ranked in the top 125 overall despite having zero wins and just one save (which, by the way, he racked up Sunday afternoon, a night after Gregerson blew his 5th save of the year).
Harris has put up elite ratios: 0.35 ERA, .74 WHIP, 69% ground ball rate, 1.89 SIERA, 28:4 K:BB in just 25.2 IP. Dah-mi-nint. He was returning value as one of the game's elite relief pitchers, but is now in a position to be a top 10 closer over the rest of the season. If you play in the 67% of leagues where he's still available, run, no sprint to your waiver wire and put in a claim for him immediately, if not sooner!
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