Eddie Guardado lost his closer job in all but title Thursday after the latest in a string of meltdowns the previous night against the White Sox. Manager Mike Hargrove plans to go to the prototypical "closer by committee" while Guardado, a two-time All-Star with 174 career saves, tries to restore his game. Hargrove wouldn't put a timetable on the change. "How long this lasts, I don't know ? a week, two weeks, a month, two months, the rest of the year, I don't know," Hargrove said. Hargrove added that "Eddie's still my closer in name," but by the sound of it, that honorific will be as meaningful in earning him save opportunities as Queen Latifah's moniker allows her to head a monarchy. "We have options," Hargrove said. "It may be [J.J.] Putz one night, and Sean Green the next, and [Rafael] Soriano the next, and Jake Woods and George Sherrill. It could be a combination of any of them."