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Closer Impact
02-03-2012
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 |
J.Johnson | 28 | K.Gregg | 5 | P.Strop | 0 | T.Patton | 0 |
| Boston |
A.Bailey | 32 | M.Melancon | 6 | B.Jenks | 2 | M.Albers | 0 |
| Chicago |
M.Thornton | 21 | J.Crain | 10 | A.Reed | 7 | W.Ohman | 1 |
| Cleveland |
C.Perez | 33 | V.Pestano | 4 | T.Sipp | 0 | R.Perez | 0 |
| Detroit |
J.Valverde | 39 | J.Benoit | 2 | A.Alburquerq | 0 | D.Schlereth | 0 |
| Kansas City |
J.Soria | 33 | J.Broxton | 4 | G.Holland | 2 | L.Coleman | 1 |
| Los Angeles |
J.Walden | 34 | S.Downs | 1 | H.Takahashi | 2 | R.Thompson | 0 |
| Minnesota |
M.Capps | 30 | G.Perkins | 4 | A.Burnett | 0 | J.Gray | 1 |
| New York |
M.Rivera | 42 | R.Soriano | 4 | D.Robertson | 1 | B.Logan | 0 |
| Oakland |
G.Balfour | 22 | B.Fuentes | 5 | F.De Los San | 3 | J.Devine | 1 |
| Seattle |
B.League | 40 | T.Wilhelmsen | 0 | C.Ruffin | 0 | S.Kelley | 0 |
| Tampa Bay |
K.Farnsworth | 23 | J.Peralta | 10 | F.Rodney | 5 | J.McGee | 0 |
| Texas |
J.Nathan | 38 | M.Adams | 3 | M.Lowe | 1 | K.Uehara | 1 |
| Toronto |
S.Santos | 33 | F.Cordero | 7 | C.Janssen | 1 | J.Frasor | 0 |
| Arizona |
J.Putz | 38 | D.Hernandez | 3 | B.Ziegler | 1 | T.Saito | 0 |
| Atlanta |
C.Kimbrel | 40 | J.Venters | 4 | E.O'Flaherty | 0 | K.Medlen | 0 |
| Chicago |
C.Marmol | 37 | K.Wood | 3 | J.Russell | 0 | M.Mateo | 0 |
| Cincinnati |
R.Madson | 35 | S.Marshall | 4 | N.Masset | 1 | J.Arredondo | 0 |
| Colorado |
R.Betancourt | 32 | R.Brothers | 4 | M.Belisle | 1 | M.Lindstrom | 2 |
| Miami |
H.Bell | 38 | J.Oviedo | 2 | S.Cishek | 1 | E.Mujica | 0 |
| Houston |
B.Lyon | 23 | D.Carpenter | 11 | W.Lopez | 5 | E.Del Rosari | 0 |
| Los Angeles |
J.Guerra | 25 | K.Jansen | 13 | M.Guerrier | 1 | J.Lindblom | 0 |
| Milwaukee |
J.Axford | 41 | F.Rodriguez | 4 | J.Veras | 1 | K.Loe | 1 |
| New York |
F.Francisco | 22 | J.Rauch | 6 | R.Ramirez | 4 | B.Parnell | 2 |
| Philadelphia |
J.Papelbon | 36 | A.Bastardo | 2 | J.Contreras | 1 | C.Qualls | 1 |
| Pittsburgh |
J.Hanrahan | 35 | E.Meek | 1 | C.Resop | 1 | J.Grilli | 1 |
| San Diego |
H.Street | 33 | L.Gregerson | 0 | A.Bass | 0 | A.Cashner | 0 |
| San Francisco |
B.Wilson | 37 | S.Casilla | 3 | S.Romo | 0 | J.Affeldt | 1 |
| St. Louis |
J.Motte | 33 | F.Salas | 5 | L.Lynn | 1 | M.Rzepczynsk | 0 |
| Washington |
D.Storen | 41 | B.Lidge | 3 | T.Clippard | 2 | H.Rodriguez | 2 |
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