Closers 2012 (2 Viewers)

[Annyong]

Wilton Lopez out with elbow tightness. Not even sure who would be next, my ratios are hoping i dont figure it out.

 

[PIK95]

Did Lopez get hurt? Came into the game, threw three pitches, got pulled. Given waht Houston has in the bullpen after all those trades, hard to believe they'd pull him for the guy they put in who blew the save.Damn Houston is bad, like 2003 Tigers bad.

I was wondering what happened, this is different:

In the eighth inning, Wright got leadoff hitter Alex Presley to ground out with one pitch before moving to right field. Lopez came on, allowed a double to Andrew McCutchen and exited for outfielder Brian Bogusevic, allowing Wright to come back to the mound. The lefty specialist got Garrett Jones to fly out and Neil Walker to ground out to end the inning. He then struck out Pedro Alvarez to open the ninth before giving way to Cruz.Wright had played in the outfield and pitched before -- on Aug. 23, 2011 at Colorado.

I really like this idea but I don't think I've ever seen it done before. Although I'm not a huge fan of NL baseball, this is pretty damn awesome. Actually would have been perfect if Lopez would have actually got the out.

I think Davey Johnson used to run this gimmick with the 86 mets, but I don't know if it was extra innings desperation moment or something he did on the quasi reg. I remember seeing the clips of those two alternating for as much as an inning, left-right-left-right. I think the trick may be you might not get warm up pitches to come back to the mound in that scenario.

86 Mets.....

 

[Tiger Fan]

Per CBS

Casilla has company in ninth inningGiants manager Bruce Bochy said Monday that San Francisco is now in a full closer-by-committee mode, reports CSN Bay Area. The addition of Jose Mijares to the bullpen will allow Jeremy Affeldt to join Santiago Casilla as an option for saves. Casilla is dealing with a blister situation and San Francisco is fearful it will flare up with overuse. That is why they desire to use a by-committee approach to getting saves and Mijares allows that to happen. Affeldt and Casilla will share the job and therefore neither has high-end Fantasy value. Consider both low-end options for saves in deeper mixed Fantasy leagues.