Chris Perez the closer in waiting?

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – This is expected to be Kerry Wood’s final year with the Indians. When Wood is gone, the closer job is Chris Perez’s for the taking.

“We see that in the future,” said Cleveland manager Manny Acta of Perez, 24, a hard throwing right-hander, who was dominant at times for the Indians last year after being acquired in a trade with the Cardinals for Mark DeRosa. “I think that’s how he’s been groomed since college at the University of Miami. This is a guy that has the stuff to do it and the mentality to do it.”



(chronicle.northcoastnow.com)