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Fantasy baseball: Reds to start season without Alexis Diaz and other closer news

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Alexis Diaz saved 28 wins in 32 chances last season , but his third MLB season was far from a rousing success.

Diaz walked more than 30 hitters in each of his first three MLB seasons, and the wildness continued this spring .

The Reds announced over the weekend that Diaz will start the season on the IL due to hamstring inflammation.

David Bednar has struggled for much of the spring with a 5.77 ERA and a 1.42 WHIP last season .

Reports have new LHP Aroldis Chapman in the lead for ninth -inning work.

The Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton is under no obligation to stick with an underperforming option.