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Closer Impact
02-05-2010
by Pat Luft
If your like me, and I know many of you are, it is about the 14-15th round of your of your draft and you have 1 closer and there was just a run on them. What do you do? Well first off other than picking that stud OFer that everyone neglected by adding to the run on closers, I start looking ahead to who is still available for a possible save here or there just to stay competitive in the category.
I never like to fully dump a category so I have put together a list for every team that will give us some sleepers or at least a late inning closer that may get some saves if the real closer goes down or gets hurt.
I will keep this up-to-date as well as things develop throughout spring training. The Number beside each player will give you an idea of what to expect from the pitcher in term of saves.
| Baltimore |
M.Gonzalez | 28 | J.Johnson | 4 | C.Meredith | 0 | M.Albers | 0 |
| Boston |
J.Papelbon | 39 | H.Okajima | 0 | R.Ramirez | 0 | M.Delcarmen | 0 |
| Chicago |
B.Jenks | 32 | M.Thornton | 4 | J.Putz | 2 | T.Pena | 2 |
| Cleveland |
K.Wood | 22 | C.Perez | 3 | J.Lewis | 2 | J.Smith | 0 |
| Detroit |
J.Valverde | 28 | J.Zumaya | 3 | P.Coke | 2 | B.Seay | 0 |
| Kansas City |
J.Soria | 33 | J.Cruz | 2 | K.Farnsworth | 0 | R.Tejeda | 0 |
| Los Angeles |
B.Fuentes | 45 | F.Rodney | 3 | J.Bulger | 1 | S.Shields | 2 |
| Minnesota |
J.Nathan | 46 | J.Rauch | 2 | M.Guerrier | 1 | P.Neshek | 0 |
| New York |
M.Rivera | 40 | P.Hughes | 3 | D.Marte | 1 | A.Aceves | 1 |
| Oakland |
A.Bailey | 27 | M.Wuertz | 3 | B.Ziegler | 3 | J.Devine | 1 |
| Seattle |
D.Aardsma | 34 | M.Lowe | 3 | S.White | 1 | B.League | 0 |
| Tampa Bay |
R.Soriano | 32 | J.Howell | 11 | G.Balfour | 3 | R.Choate | 2 |
| Texas |
F.Francisco | 24 | C.Wilson | 12 | D.Oliver | 0 | D.O'Day | 2 |
| Toronto |
K.Gregg | 24 | J.Frasor | 5 | S.Downs | 4 | J.Carlson | 0 |
| Arizona |
C.Qualls | 31 | J.Gutierrez | 6 | B.Howry | 1 | C.Zavada | 0 |
| Atlanta |
B.Wagner | 29 | T.Saito | 6 | P.Moylan | 0 | E.O'Flaherty | 0 |
| Chicago |
C.Marmol | 34 | J.Grabow | 0 | S.Marshall | 0 | A.Guzman | 1 |
| Cincinnati |
F.Cordero | 39 | A.Rhodes | 0 | N.Masset | 0 | D.Herrera | 0 |
| Colorado |
H.Street | 32 | R.Betancourt | 2 | M.Corpas | 3 | M.Daley | 0 |
| Florida |
L.Nunez | 26 | D.Meyer | 2 | R.Pinto | 0 | B.Badenhop | 0 |
| Houston |
B.Lyon | 16 | M.Lindstrom | 15 | T.Byrdak | 0 | C.Sampson | 1 |
| Los Angeles |
J.Broxton | 40 | G.Sherrill | 4 | R.Troncoso | 2 | H.Kuo | 0 |
| Milwaukee |
T.Hoffman | 35 | L.Hawkins | 9 | T.Coffey | 2 | C.Villanueva | 0 |
| New York |
F.Rodriguez | 39 | K.Escobar | 0 | P.Feliciano | 0 | S.Green | 1 |
| Philadelphia |
B.Lidge | 32 | R.Madson | 8 | C.Durbin | 2 | D.Baez | 0 |
| Pittsburgh |
O.Dotel | 25 | J.Hanrahan | 6 | E.Meek | 0 | B.Donnelly | 2 |
| San Diego |
H.Bell | 36 | M.Adams | 0 | L.Gregerson | 1 | E.Mujica | 2 |
| San Francisco |
B.Wilson | 38 | J.Affeldt | 0 | S.Romo | 2 | D.Runzler | 0 |
| St. Louis |
R.Franklin | 35 | J.Motte | 0 | K.McClellan | 3 | D.Reyes | 1 |
| Washington |
M.Capps | 26 | S.Burnett | 3 | B.Bruney | 3 | D.Storen | 4 |
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