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Isn't he on the DL right now?
Pretty sure hes about to come off. Anyway, theres no indication theyre gonna put Rodriguez on the DL.
He is off DL
I'm going to take any chance I can to get a leg up in my league.
this guy knows stuff
One strike away and just missed the corner walking Asdrubal, Pronk took the next pitch deep. Glad my team's ERA and WHIP won't be punished as my speculative add didn't take effect until today but at least I know that Speier is first in line behind K Rod.
Not so sure this is true....although if I had to take a guess, I would pick Speier. I think he's just had the hot hand of late, but it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Shields get the nod if this were to be an ongoing deal. I don't think K-Rod is going to be out more than a few days, so we could see Speier, Shields and Oliver all get a chance to close out a game...although Oliver probably only if a few lefties were due up. Shields when healthy is the best option.
These things tend to linger, ankle problems on pitchers who rely on the leg/footwork that K Rod does is not good. It doesn't sound like he's going to the DL, but I'm thinking he probably should this will be something easy to re-aggrevate. While Shields is the better pitcher that does not necessarily mean he will be the closer, several teams are beginning to put the better more dominant pitcher (preferably ones with a high K rate) in the setup role, Cleveland and the Cubs are the most obvious cases but there are plenty of others too. I agree with this ideology, if Zumaya and Rodney were ever healthy I'd want them to be the 7th and 8th inning guys while Todd Jones remained as closer. Just throwing that out there...
Who?
He's a middle guy in their pen that has had some success as a minor league closer.
He's just a guy at this point. You can't write him off completely because there have been cases where journeymen come out of nowhere to have success at a big league closer. But K-rod's injury would have to be serious and some other guys would have to fail before Bulger got a shot.
Salt Lake is a hitter's playground but other than the K/9 rate, that's not a very impressive line. But who am I to argue with the word on the mean streets of Anaheim
