The Closer Report – Week 21

Here is a look at the fantasy baseball closer report for week 21. It contains all of the most recent closer news, plus the current closers and the current handcuffs.

Hisanori Takahashi had little problem last week in his first week as new closer for the New York Mets in place of Francisco Rodriguez. Takahashi picked up a save and worked 2 2/3 scoreless innings. With a 3.21 ERA and a 0.75 WHIP in his first 15 pitches on the season, he should be good in that role for the rest of the season.

Koji Uehara picked up a save last week for the Baltimore Orioles although manager Buck Showalter was not ready to annoint him the full-time closer yet. With a 1.73 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP, Uehara has been more reliable in the pen than Mike Gonzalez or Alfredo Simon.

With Matt Lindstrom going on the disabled list, it finally confirmed what we have known for several weeks, that Brandon Lyon is officially the closer in Houston.  Lyon has been a perfect 4-for-4 in saves the last two weeks without allowing a run in his last six innings. NL only league players should grab Wilton Lopez as he may be able to snag a save or two over the next few weeks.

The month of August has been unkind to Huston Street in Colorado as he has converted only four of seven saves and has a 7.15 ERA to go along with a 1.85 WHIP.  Manny Corpas who picked up 10 saves the first half of the year has not been great after the All-Star break with a 1.79 WHIP. Street still looks to be the man though at Coors Field as there have been no rumblings yet of an impending change.

Team Closer Handcuff
BAL Alfredo Simon Mike Gonzalez, Koji Uehara
BOS Jonathan Papelbon Daniel Bard
CHW J.J. Putz Matt Thornton
CLE Chris Perez
DET Jose Valverde Phil Coke
KC Joakim Soria Robinson Tejada
LAA Brian Fuentes Fernando Rodney
MIN Matt Capps Jon Rauch
NYY Mariano Rivera Joba Chamberlain
OAK Andrew Bailey Michael Wuertz
SEA David Aardsma Brandon League
TB Rafael Soriano Dan Wheeler
TEX Neftali Feliz Frank Francisco
TOR Kevin Gregg Jason Frasor
AZ Aaron Heilman Juan Gutierrez
ATL Billy Wagner Takashi Saito
CHI Carlos Marmol Sean Marshall
CIN Francisco Cordero Arthur Rhodes
COL Huston Street Manny Corpas
FLA Leo Nunez Clay Hensley
HOU Brandon Lyon Wilton Lopez
LAD Hong-Chih Kuo Octavio Dotel
MIL John Axford Trevor Hoffman
NYM H. Takahashi Pedro Feliciano
PHI Brad Lidge Jose Contreras, Ryan Madson
PIT Joel Hanrahan Evan Meek
STL Ryan Franklin Jason Motte
SD Heath Bell Luke Gregerson
SF Brian Wilson Sergio Romo
WAS Drew Storen Ty Clippard
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