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2010 CLOSERS Thread (1 Viewer)
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Celph Titled
Footballguy
33 K's, 31 BB's, Simon reportedly coming back on Monday. I'm desperate for closers, and I won't even pick this guy up.
Celph Titled
Footballguy
Heilman's gotta be closing now, right?
Celph Titled
Footballguy
Guys who are going to be closing after the trade deadline?
1. Brandon League - SEA
Others? Clippard? Meek?
1. Brandon League - SEA
Others? Clippard? Meek?
Shermanator
Footballguy
Potential closers to target as we speak...
Perez CLE
Demel AZ
Meek PITTS
Storen WASH
League SEA
The Padres are now considering being buyers, so I wouldnt rush to get Gregerson. He has stud closer potential, but not this year.
Also, those who thought Simon and Axford were not worth being picked up should now being eating crow.
Not only are they closing games out, but are now not relinquishing the job when the current closers are ready, according to management.
PS, does FBG have a fantasy baseball site? I thought they did?
Perez CLE
Demel AZ
Meek PITTS
Storen WASH
League SEA
The Padres are now considering being buyers, so I wouldnt rush to get Gregerson. He has stud closer potential, but not this year.
Also, those who thought Simon and Axford were not worth being picked up should now being eating crow.
Not only are they closing games out, but are now not relinquishing the job when the current closers are ready, according to management.
PS, does FBG have a fantasy baseball site? I thought they did?
MAC_32
Footballguy
Gibson sees Gut as a better fit for the closer role, and given their recent performances there's reason for that.
Doctor Detroit
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Qualls is gonna get another shot down there as well. If you can get two of the three, you increase your chances of getting a few extra saves but also risk four runs over a third of an inning.
Celph Titled
Footballguy
So I've got Bell, Simon and Heilman...Meek and League are FA's. Do I cut bait on one of these guys to pick up a future closer? I really like Meek, will he get the job over Hannnuhahan?
eagles2007
Footballguy
is it a keeper league? if its a keeper league might as well jump on meek. if not, idk. yes, i think he will get the job over hanrahan. and yes i think dotel will get traded if they can get an offer, but i doubt they'll just give him away. so i think its probably 75:25 that he gets traded.
Celph Titled
Footballguy
Redrafff.Do I dump Heilman now? Wait for Gonzalez to get back and can Simon?
Doctor Detroit
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On a scale from 1 to 10, how important are saves to you right now in winning your league?Redrafff.Do I dump Heilman now? Wait for Gonzalez to get back and can Simon?
Txns8
Footballguy
Doctor Detroit
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Chris Perez
Celph Titled
Footballguy
It's a...um, it's a H2H league.I think I can manage to hang on to both for another week and a half or so. I don't have any bench hitters, but my starting offense is pretty set. I have a ton of SP options. RP-wise, I have Bell, Simon, Meek and Hanrahan. I figure Bell and one of the PIT guys will be my go-to closers down the stretch.On a scale from 1 to 10, how important are saves to you right now in winning your league?Redrafff.Do I dump Heilman now? Wait for Gonzalez to get back and can Simon?
Doctor Detroit
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I didn't see where you had said it was a H2H league in your prior posts...Simon is supposed to be closing at least until Gonzalez gets back into shape or he blows it. Simon actually looks pretty good though and Dotel seems destined to be dealt so Meek looks really good right now.It's a...um, it's a H2H league.I think I can manage to hang on to both for another week and a half or so. I don't have any bench hitters, but my starting offense is pretty set. I have a ton of SP options. RP-wise, I have Bell, Simon, Meek and Hanrahan. I figure Bell and one of the PIT guys will be my go-to closers down the stretch.On a scale from 1 to 10, how important are saves to you right now in winning your league?Redrafff.Do I dump Heilman now? Wait for Gonzalez to get back and can Simon?
Man In The Box
Footballguy
Wooderson
Fight The Power
Anyone know who might be next in line?
Man In The Box
Footballguy
My best guess would be Putz. He's been solid and has experience as a closer. Thornton may get a chance, but I believe he is the only lefty in their bullpen. I also think that this may be extremely temporary. Ozzie is very loyal to his players and I think Jenks will be closing again soon.
Wooderson
Fight The Power
I think you are right. I don't see Ozzie giving up on Jenks the easy. I might still pick up Putz on the off chance he does so well Ozzie has a tough time going back to Jenks for at least a little while.
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Celph Titled
Footballguy
I pulled the trigger yesterday on picking up League for Simon. It leaves me short for a week, but I figure by the end of next week I'll have 3 def. closers (Bell, League, Meek/Hanrahan). Insanely, Putz was dropped this morning, so that's someone else to consider.I try not to mention it's H2H if possible.
Doctor Detroit
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In the article Guillen even says "we are better with Bobby closing." It also says they will go by committee, so it looks like the answer is Putz, Thornton and Jenks will all be closing.
Celph Titled
Footballguy
Very low.BTW, Olney has twittered that he's heard PIT will deal Dotel and make Hanrahan their closer.
Doctor Detroit
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Jenks closed tonight.
Michael Brown
Footballguy
Capps to the Twins. Looks like Storen takes over in DC
Doctor Detroit
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Seems like they have like five guys that are gonna share saves for now. Storen probably gets the most chances though since they want him to be the closer of the future.
Celph Titled
Footballguy
I'm staying away from all of this from a fantasy perspective.
Doctor Detroit
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Probably best
pollardsvision
Footballguy
For anyone else that interested in wasting their time trying to read the tea leaves in AZ, Heilman got the save tonight.
Gutierrez was well rested and Qualls set-up the 8th (with what looked like a clean 2K inning).
Gutierrez was well rested and Qualls set-up the 8th (with what looked like a clean 2K inning).
Doctor Detroit
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Yeah well Arizona decides who will close the game in their pregame meetings. This situation sucks, you have to have them all but they all generally suck. I have so many Arizona relievers on my teams that I feel like I'm paying their salaries. I'm done, best approach here is to just have one guy and hope he doesn't blow up in the 7th twice in a week and gets one save every other week.
Doctor Detroit
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So Dotel is gone, Joel Hanrahan is probably the guy but Meek has the better stuff.
Txns8
Footballguy
This from Yahoo!
Chiwawa
Footballguy
My guess is Hanrahan, given that he has "closer experience", has been handling the 8th, and has been filthy-good this year. The two numbers that jump out are an O-Contact% (swings at balls outside of the strike zone) of 41.3%, where the league avg. is 66.5%, leading to an ungodly 14.7% swinging-strike percentage, which is in the company of guys like Matt Thornton, Carlos Marmol and the perennially slept-on Hong-Chih Kuo.
Doctor Detroit
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Sean Burnett with an impressive five out save vs the DBags tonight including inheriting two runners in the 8th.
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Eephus
Footballguy
even I have standards
Doctor Detroit
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Eephus
Footballguy
Hanrahan with the SV. Meek throws 50 pitches and gives up two runs.
crewmember
Footballguy
rotoworld...
Jonathan Broxton has been stripped of the closer's role following Thursday's blown save.
Hong-Chih Kuo will replace him for now. Broxton pitched three scoreless innings in his first two appearances of the month, but he had a horrible outing Thursday after sitting four straight days. It's quite possible the lack of activity has had something to do with his struggles. Usually a very busy reliever, he hasn't worked on back-to-back days since July 8-9, and he's made just eight appearance since the break.
According to Dylan Hernandez, Hong-Chih Kuo is the Dodgers' new closer, but Octavio Dotel would be the choice in the ninth inning tonight.
That's because Kuo worked the last two days. We can't imagine that manager Joe Torre really wants to take Jonathan Broxton out of the role for any length of time, but Kuo could get some saves over the next couple of weeks.
Jonathan Broxton has been stripped of the closer's role following Thursday's blown save.
Hong-Chih Kuo will replace him for now. Broxton pitched three scoreless innings in his first two appearances of the month, but he had a horrible outing Thursday after sitting four straight days. It's quite possible the lack of activity has had something to do with his struggles. Usually a very busy reliever, he hasn't worked on back-to-back days since July 8-9, and he's made just eight appearance since the break.
According to Dylan Hernandez, Hong-Chih Kuo is the Dodgers' new closer, but Octavio Dotel would be the choice in the ninth inning tonight.
That's because Kuo worked the last two days. We can't imagine that manager Joe Torre really wants to take Jonathan Broxton out of the role for any length of time, but Kuo could get some saves over the next couple of weeks.
Eephus
Footballguy
Converted catcher Kenley Jansen hasn't given up a run yet in 7 appearances. He has 11 Ks in 7 IP.
Eephus
Footballguy
Francisco Rodriguez out for the season with a thumb injury picked up punching his father-in-law. Your guess for Mets SVs (Dessens, Takahashi, Feliciano, Mejia) is probably as good as mine (Parnell). I'd stay awy from this situation altogether but I have a reputation to uphold.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Rosenthal saying that the Mets are looking into voiding his contract. About $18M
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