1. Rivera (would you guys really want Papelbon over him when the game really matters? Please don't say yes and exploit your ignorance)
2. Papelbon
3. BJ Ryan
4. Nathan
5. Wagner
6. Rodriguez
7. Putz
8. Street
9. Otsuka
10. Hoffman
Honorable mention: Ray, Fuentes, Jenks.
How does anyone rank Lidge on the top 10 after his absolute MELTDOWN this season?
And Papelbon has the confidence and the fire of a shutdown closer. If you put me in game 7 of the World Series and could choose from any closer in the business, I'd throw Papelbon's and Mo's name in a hat and pick out one of 'em. Paps can close under any amount of pressure. He's got the balls and just doesn't give a f*&%.
C: Pierzynski 1B: Pujols 2B: Altuve 3B: Miggy SS: HanRam OF (x3): CarGo, M. Bourn, D. Jennings UTIL (x2): E. Encarnacion, C. Hart BN: Cuddyer, C. Ross, J. Montero
rmande09 wrote:How does anyone rank Lidge on the top 10 after his absolute MELTDOWN this season?
And Papelbon has the confidence and the fire of a shutdown closer. If you put me in game 7 of the World Series and could choose from any closer in the business, I'd throw Papelbon's and Mo's name in a hat and pick out one of 'em. Paps can close under any amount of pressure. He's got the balls and just doesn't give a f*&%.
How do you figure that? Papelbon hasn't ever closed in a postseason game, let alone a full regular season. Not a knock on him at all and he will be good for years as either a closer or starter in my opinion, but he needs more experience before I'd say something like he can close in any amount of pressure.
MMoney - you can just tell by his demeanor. He's a complete badass and doesn't care if he's facing the bottom third of the Royals lineup or the heart of the Yankees order - he just does. He's blown a couple of saves and his reaction shows that he doesn't let pressure, failure, or other players to get to him. It is just him out there.
The kid has balls of steel.
Not to mention he has three excellent pitches - an exploding fastball with unreal late life, one of the best splitters in baseball, and a slider that he's just started throwing recently that is FILTHY on right-handers.
C: Pierzynski 1B: Pujols 2B: Altuve 3B: Miggy SS: HanRam OF (x3): CarGo, M. Bourn, D. Jennings UTIL (x2): E. Encarnacion, C. Hart BN: Cuddyer, C. Ross, J. Montero
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