Closers have made plenty of headlines in the AL Central recently. Here's a team-by-team look:

Indians: Cody Allen's streak of 11 scoreless innings was broken Wednesday by Toronto, when he gave up a ninth-inning run to lose 8-7. Allen's 1.32 ERA and nine saves in as many opportunities attests to his fast start. But he's still not Cleveland's best in the pen: Lefty Andrew Miller, who draws the most difficult assignments, has yet to give up a run in 16â…” innings.

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Royals: Kelvin Herrera didn't give up a home run until June last year, and had only six all year. The righthander gave up four in his first 13 innings this season, his first as Kansas City's full-time closer. Herrera attributes the slip-ups to trying to mix in more sliders, and manager Ned Yost said he is not worried. "He'll get sharper with more work," Yost said.

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Tigers: Another year, another closer controversy in Detroit. This time, it's Francisco Rodriguez, 35, the major leagues' active saves leader with 437. After blowing back-to-back games last weekend at Oakland, K-Rod lost his job, which went to lefthander Justin Wilson instead. "It may not be permanent," manager Brad Ausmus hedged.

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White Sox: David Robertson was 5-for-6 in save chances, but he hadn't been handed a lead in the first 12 days of May. That's why WSCR-AM 670 in Chicago reported that Nationals scouts were evaluating the righthander, in hopes of reigniting trade talks that weren't consummated last January. The White Sox might be willing to listen this time.