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Sabean came out a few weeks ago and said he was going to throw for teams at or around the ASB. Seems like he is still getting back in shape but also seems like he isn't in a hurry and probably wants to start a bidding war or wait for a situation to become desperate.
If true, that's really stupid.
A guy that hasn't pitched in a year and a half and was mediocre the last year he did pitch?
I assume it's safe to drop League at this point? He's terrible enough that he will not win the job back?
I don't think Axford is a threat at all for 9th inning duties. Looks like Brewers want to use him in low leverage situations. Seems to be doing fine in that role. But I wouldn't be surprised at all if K-Rod takes a permanent hold on the job at some point.
Rodriguez would be a better trade chip at the deadline. The Brewers aren't going anywhere this year. As long as K-rod is pitching well, they might as well build up whatever value he has.
Dumped him in a 25 keeper 40 man roster league if it means anything. Picked up Alex Torres for K's. Only way he gets the job again is ineffectiveness or injury to Jansen and even then the way he has pitched he may not be the first call. See, John Axford.
In the Tigers thread, someone mentioned putting Rondon at setup and having Benoit close, which I think is a pretty good idea. Brian Wilson might also be viable, for the right price.
They never had anything behind Wilhelmsen. Pryor was it and he's been hurt. Capps emerged, but when people took notice he caved. Oliver Perez is just being Oliver Perez. Had to know diving into that well would be playing with fire.
Could be Tazawa, but it also could be Andrew Miller. He's more shaky, but he was already up and throwing behind Bailey last night when Peralta hit the walkoff.pantagrapher said:
Cishek had been money lately
That's a bit surprising. Most don't believe Uehara has the stamina for the job over the long haul.
Hunter clearly the #2 guy for saves in Baltimore. Buck wants to give Johnson some rest in high leverage situations I think, he has 34 save ops already this year.
For that weird stretch in SEA, when Whilhelmsen apparently wasn't the closer, nobody was getting any save opps at all, and some of us bit the bullet on O.Perez, fangraphs kept listing Medina as the closer. I'm still not sure why, but maybe he's the guy to speculate on there if Whilhelmsen is traded.
Yeah, in leagues without IP limits I wouldn't be doing this. I try to get ahead with IP limits, so I can dump all of the replacement level starters for potential closers this time of year.
Because they have Allen, Pestano and Smith at the back end. Perez has one more year left on team control and they have other guys ready IMO, I can see him getting moved for the right return.shuke said:
