Mariano Rivera Update - 29 Saves
By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - The New York Yankees have 26 regular season games left on this years schedule. Right now Mariano Rivera has 29 saves on the season, and 555 in his career. If he keeps going at the same pace then Mariano should pick up five or six more saves and end the regular season with about 35 or so. Trevor Hoffman has been slowly working back into the closer role, and today he's sitting at 599 for his career. I really hope (and expect) Hoffman will get at least one more to become the first man in history to record 600 career saves. While no one will ever be able to take that away from him, I think Hoffman might be about done. If Mariano Rivera can get to over 560 total saves between the regular and post season this year, then that would put him within striking distance to take the all time title away from Hoffman next season. Mariano Rivera has logged more than 40 saves about half the time - seven out of his fourteen seasons working primarily as a closer.
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