Hopefully if you read the column last week you had the chance to grab David Hernandez from the waiver wire if he was out there to cover for any potential loss of job or injury to J.J. Putz which did indeed happen. Putz is currently on the disabled list with a bad right elbow and [...]
 
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Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Antonio Bastardo should be a popular waiver claim this week as he takes over as closer with Ryan Madson going on the disabled list. Bastardo has a .96 ERA and a .86 WHIP for the season with 33 strikeouts in 28 innings. Not a good start to the week for Los [...] Houston Astros relief pitcher Brandon Lyon will miss the rest of the season with an injury to his pitching arm that will require surgery. Mark Melancon figures to remain as closer for the rest of the season which gives him a nice bump in value for his owners. Melancon has picked up three saves in [...] Sergio Santos could be out of the closer role for the Chicago White Sox with another blown save this week. Santos took two losses last week and allowed eight runs in 2 2/3 innings. His control has deserted him, as he walked six hitters during that time. While manager Ozzie Guillen has publicly backed Santos [...] The Kansas City Royals finally made a move with struggling closer Joakim Soria by removing him from the ninth inning role and replacing him with Aaron Crow. Soria blew his fifth save of the season on Monday against the Los Angeles Angels, giving him three blown saves in the last seven days. With his lack [...] It seems like rookie closer Craig Kimbrel of the Atlanta Braves is averaging a blown save per week of late after blowing his fourth save of the season last week, after he allowed four hits in 1/3 of an inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks. That concluded a stretch in which he pitched six times in [...] It was not a good week for Brandon League of the Seattle Mariners as he blew three saves, taking three losses in the process. The blown saves were the first of the season for League who had rattled off nine straight save conversions. He hasn’t looked right since saving a game on May 5th. Since [...] New closer Mark Melancon picked up his first save for the Houston Astros in place of the injured Brandon Lyon. Melancon has a 1.62 with a 1.20 ERA through 16 2/3 innings with 12 strikeouts and should see the majority of saves while Lyon is out as Melancon as closing experience from the minor leagues. [...] Leave it to manager Tony La Russa of the St. Louis Cardinals to wreak havoc on the fantasy baseball waiver wire when it comes to closers. A week after it looked like Mitchell Boggs was the man in St. Louis, the Cardinals used several different relievers to collect saves last week as Fernando Salas, Eduardo [...] We saw several new closers emerge in the American League in week 4 as the Darren Oliver and Arthur Rhodes both claimed saves in the Texas Rangers bullpen last week when Neftali Feliz went on the disabled list. Oliver had thrown two consecutive days when Rhodes picked up his save so I still expect Oliver [...] The change was finally announced at closer for the St. Louis Cardinals today with word from manager Tony La Russa that closer Ryan Franklin will be pitching in a different role going forward. Franklin has blown 4 of 5 saves this season and has an 11,57 ERA with a 2.14 WHIP. While La Russa did [...] Things are a mess in the Chicago White Sox bullpen where four guys are not in the mix for saves because Matt Thornton has struggled in the role in his first go round as full-time closer. Thornton was charged with his third blown save on Monday night, though he deserved better since Juan Pierre dropped [...] There has been a few shakeups so far for fantasy baseball closers and we are just in week two of the fantasy baseball season. I expected Fernando Rodney to lose his job at some point for the Los Angeles Angels but it has happened even sooner than I expected with new that manager Mike Scioscia [...] Those fantasy baseball owners that like to troll for saves on the waiver wire were scrambling to the phone and internet today with news that Brad Lidge will be out for likely two months worth of action with a strained rotator cuff. Jose Contreras looks like he will take over the ninth inning role and [...] The news was not as bad as originally was being speculated for Oakland A’s closer Andrew Bailey as his injury was diagnosed as a strained forearm by Dr. James Andrews. There has been no date set for his return, so in the mean time, several players will have the opportunity to step up in Bailey’s [...] One of the hardest positions to draft players for in fantasy baseball is at closer. It is why you will hear so many “experts” tell you not to pay for saves and there are some that are happy to troll the waiver wire during the season trying to find a closer or two. Now, it [...] Here is a look at the fantasy baseball closer report for week 25. It contains all of the most recent closer news, plus the current closers and the current handcuffs. It is nice that Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia wants to keep giving votes of confidence to closer Fernando Rodney, but with another blown [...] Here is a look at the fantasy baseball closer report for week 24. It contains all of the most recent closer news, plus the current closers and the current handcuffs. After much indecision, manager Ozzie Guillen of the Chicago White Sox has officially named rookie Chris Sale as the closer, for the time being. Sale [...] Here is a look at the fantasy baseball closer report for week 23. It contains all of the most recent closer news, plus the current closers and the current handcuffs. The big news last week was Florida closer Leo Nunez being pulled from the job in favor of Clay Hensley. August was a brutal month [...] Here is a look at the fantasy baseball closer report for week 22. It contains all of the most recent closer news, plus the current closers and the current handcuffs. The trade of Brian Fuentes from the Los Angeles Angels puts Fernando Rodney in the closer role in LA with Fuentes moving to a set [...] |
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