Valverde needs to start working on next season with Toledo right now.
That said, he’s still the closer with most saves.
Nothing changes with Valverde’s delivery. Surely it has been built into a computer program and players have studied him until they have it down to a tee. It is obvious that the 49 game winner of last year is not so much of a threat anymore to the teams that can afford to study him.
But on top of all that . . . his voodoo magic as he enters the arena is not only played out, but totally ineffective. He is now just something for commentators to laugh at and mock.