It's closing with a closer who's in a setup role.
He eventually returned to a setup role, but only got occasional save opportunities.
By the middle of 2004, he secured the primary setup role.
Okajima became the team's closer in 2000-2001, before returning to his setup role in 2002.
Nelson, who was inconsistent last season, will probably get the first chance at the setup role.
The Yankees overwhelmed him with a four-year, $22.25 million deal before last season, hoping he would fill the setup role.
Juan Acevedo will move back into a setup role.
We've sort of been baby-stepping him into different setup roles.
In the 2010 season he returned to a setup role.
As it turns out, neither he nor any of the other pitchers in the group except Nelson had a chance to claim the setup role.