A good number of pre-season prognosticators had already guessed this (in fact on our 2008 National League closer rankings he was already ranked #11), but today the Arizona Diamondbacks announced that Brandon Lyon would be their closer going into the 2008 season.
The competition was between Lyon, Chad Qualls and Tony Pena to see who would close out games. The Diamondbacks front office decided to announce their decision now instead of letting the trio compete for the job in Spring Training.
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