Zach Stewart might also be a contender for the closer spot as he's kind of waffling as a starter in AA but has a nasty slider and fastball (his other pitches blow, which is why he runs into trouble)
They should try Janssen as the closer for a couple opportunities as he's been pretty good this year.
The bullpen really doesn't matter much though until they're actually ready to do something and it looks like they're about 4 bats and 2 starters (Deck + Cecil) away from doing anything.
The bats that are good where they are
RF - Bautista
SS - Escobar
1B/DH - Lind
C - Arencibia
3B - Lawrie (just pencilling him in when he gets called up)
Beyond that they're going to need two outfielders, a 2nd baseman and a 1B/DH. Snider may take one of the OF spots but they're going to have to spend money on a 1B/DH, CF, and 2B.
It's not going to be a quick fix and they're set. It's going to take a while. By that time most of those really young arms should be filtering up the system and should be knocking at the door. Probably by then we'll be able to find a closer out of the bunch.
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