Joel Hanrahan to close over Bailey in Boston
Joel Hanrahan - R - Boston Red Sox
Dec. 26, 2012 - 4:20 PM ET
Red Sox assistant general manager Brian O'Halloran confirmed Wednesday that manager John Farrell wants newly-acquired righty Joel Hanrahan to be the closer.
In other words, the Red Sox will not have a closer controversy going into spring training. Andrew Bailey was acquired last offseason to be the ninth-inning man, but he'll now be pushed into a set-up role alongside the recently-signed Koji Uehara.
Source: Evan Drellich on Twitter