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Closer Impact
04-05-2009 6:00pm
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 |
C.Ray | 25 | G.Sherrill | 13 | J.Johnson | 1 | J.Walker | 1 |
| Boston |
J.Papelbon | 42 | H.Okajima | 1 | M.Delcarmen | 2 | T.Saito | 2 |
| Chicago |
B.Jenks | 31 | S.Linebrink | 3 | O.Dotel | 3 | M.Thornton | 1 |
| Cleveland |
K.Wood | 32 | R.Betancourt | 1 | R.Perez | 2 | J.Lewis | 3 |
| Detroit |
B.Lyon | 11 | J.Zumaya | 7 | B.Seay | 0 | R.Perry | 3 |
| Kansas City |
J.Soria | 39 | R.Mahay | 0 | J.Cruz | 0 | K.Farnsworth | 1 |
| Los Angeles |
B.Fuentes | 35 | S.Shields | 3 | J.Arredondo | 3 | J.Speier | 0 |
| Minnesota |
J.Nathan | 37 | M.Guerrier | 1 | J.Crain | 0 | C.Breslow | 1 |
| New York |
M.Rivera | 38 | D.Marte | 4 | B.Bruney | 1 | J.Veras | 0 |
| Oakland |
B.Ziegler | 28 | J.Blevins | 0 | R.Springer | 0 | S.Casilla | 2 |
| Seattle |
B.Morrow | 18 | M.Batista | 9 | M.Lowe | 5 | D.Aardsma | 7 |
| Tampa Bay |
T.Percival | 28 | D.Wheeler | 4 | G.Balfour | 2 | J.Howell | 2 |
| Texas |
F.Francisco | 22 | C.Wilson | 7 | E.Guardado | 4 | J.Rupe | 0 |
| Toronto |
B.Ryan | 16 | S.Downs | 18 | J.Frasor | 0 | B.League | 1 |
| Arizona |
C.Qualls | 32 | J.Rauch | 5 | T.Pena | 3 | T.Gordon | 2 |
| Atlanta |
M.Gonzalez | 27 | R.Soriano | 6 | B.Boyer | 1 | J.Bennett | 2 |
| Chicago |
K.Gregg | 32 | C.Marmol | 11 | N.Cotts | 0 | A.Heilman | 2 |
| Cincinnati |
F.Cordero | 35 | D.Weathers | 4 | A.Rhodes | 0 | M.Lincoln | 0 |
| Colorado |
H.Street | 34 | M.Corpas | 6 | T.Buchholz | 1 | A.Embree | 2 |
| Florida |
M.Lindstrom | 27 | L.Nunez | 6 | R.Pinto | 0 | L.Kensing | 0 |
| Houston |
J.Valverde | 40 | L.Hawkins | 1 | D.Brocail | 2 | G.Geary | 0 |
| Los Angeles |
J.Broxton | 32 | H.Kuo | 4 | C.Wade | 0 | G.Mota | 1 |
| Milwaukee |
T.Hoffman | 27 | C.Villanueva | 5 | S.McClung | 2 | M.Stetter | 0 |
| New York |
F.Rodriguez | 45 | J.Putz | 2 | P.Feliciano | 0 | S.Green | 1 |
| Philadelphia |
B.Lidge | 39 | R.Madson | 1 | C.Durbin | 1 | C.Condrey | 1 |
| Pittsburgh |
M.Capps | 29 | J.Grabow | 3 | T.Yates | 1 | S.Burnett | 0 |
| San Diego |
H.Bell | 31 | C.Meredith | 2 | D.Sanchez | 0 | E.De La Cruz | 0 |
| San Francisco |
B.Wilson | 35 | J.Affeldt | 3 | B.Howry | 2 | S.Romo | 0 |
| St. Louis |
J.Motte | 25 | R.Franklin | 14 | J.Kinney | 2 | D.Reyes | 0 |
| Washington |
J.Hanrahan | 25 | S.Rivera | 2 | J.Beimel | 0 | S.Shell | 4 |
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