Dotel will definetly have a chance at closing, williamson will get the job if the sox dont sign foulke, Lidge could get teh job if dotel fails, Donnelly will be closer if Percival is traded.
Anonymous wrote:Who will be a closer next year out of these setup men?
LaTroy Hawkins Kyle Farnsworth Brendon Donnelly Fransico Rodriguez Brad Lidge Octavio Dotel Scott Williamson J.C. Romero Joe Nathan
any others?
well alot depends on who struggles and what other signings are made but for now:
Hawkins i see closing only if borowski struggles in the first month.. dusty knows borowski isnt a stud and has a short leash on him but he is due the chance to close to start the year after last year
farnsworth is too valuable to dusty in the 7 and 8th innings .. he throws gas but has struggled at times and i dont see dusty handing him the closer role especially with the signing of hawkins
donnelly had an outstanding year and wont close because he has rodriguez waiting for the job in front of him.. if percival gets hurt or is dealt then rodriguez would take over as closer and donnelly would probably set up.. i also dont see donnelly being nearly as good as he was last year
brad lidge and dotel i see both getting quite a few saves.. dotel with be named the primary closer basically due to the fact he is at most times unhittable and he has more grooming then lidge.. i see lidge being a quality closer but in the future. i think hes better off as a setup of dotel
williamson will be closing in boston and i see him doing a fine job .. the only reason he might lose some saves is because they will score so many runs and they wont need to use him as often... plus he is another full year off his surgery so i see him being even better.
romero as of right now i see being the best bet to close in minnesota just because they have noone else.. they lost hawkins and everyday eddy so theres romero .. unless they spend some money and bring in an urbina or a benitez i see romero havin the job until he pitches his way out of it
joe nathan i see being a spot starter middle reliever because he used to be a start and minnesotas starters besides santana arent very reliable for going deep into games and sanatana isnt all the reliable himself.. so hell come out of the pen for 2-3 innings and like i said might spot start..
Anonymous wrote:Who will be a closer next year out of these setup men?
LaTroy Hawkins Kyle Farnsworth Brendon Donnelly Fransico Rodriguez Brad Lidge Octavio Dotel Scott Williamson J.C. Romero Joe Nathan
any others?
well alot depends on who struggles and what other signings are made but for now:
Hawkins i see closing only if borowski struggles in the first month.. dusty knows borowski isnt a stud and has a short leash on him but he is due the chance to close to start the year after last year
farnsworth is too valuable to dusty in the 7 and 8th innings .. he throws gas but has struggled at times and i dont see dusty handing him the closer role especially with the signing of hawkins
donnelly had an outstanding year and wont close because he has rodriguez waiting for the job in front of him.. if percival gets hurt or is dealt then rodriguez would take over as closer and donnelly would probably set up.. i also dont see donnelly being nearly as good as he was last year
brad lidge and dotel i see both getting quite a few saves.. dotel with be named the primary closer basically due to the fact he is at most times unhittable and he has more grooming then lidge.. i see lidge being a quality closer but in the future. i think hes better off as a setup of dotel
williamson will be closing in boston and i see him doing a fine job .. the only reason he might lose some saves is because they will score so many runs and they wont need to use him as often... plus he is another full year off his surgery so i see him being even better.
romero as of right now i see being the best bet to close in minnesota just because they have noone else.. they lost hawkins and everyday eddy so theres romero .. unless they spend some money and bring in an urbina or a benitez i see romero havin the job until he pitches his way out of it
joe nathan i see being a spot starter middle reliever because he used to be a start and minnesotas starters besides santana arent very reliable for going deep into games and sanatana isnt all the reliable himself.. so hell come out of the pen for 2-3 innings and like i said might spot start..
i hope this helps
Well done.
My only real disagreement is that I think Foulke will end up in Boston making Williamson either a set up man, or trade bait.
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Anonymous wrote:Who will be a closer next year out of these setup men?
LaTroy Hawkins Kyle Farnsworth Brendon Donnelly Fransico Rodriguez Brad Lidge Octavio Dotel Scott Williamson J.C. Romero Joe Nathan
any others?
well alot depends on who struggles and what other signings are made but for now:
Hawkins i see closing only if borowski struggles in the first month.. dusty knows borowski isnt a stud and has a short leash on him but he is due the chance to close to start the year after last year
farnsworth is too valuable to dusty in the 7 and 8th innings .. he throws gas but has struggled at times and i dont see dusty handing him the closer role especially with the signing of hawkins
donnelly had an outstanding year and wont close because he has rodriguez waiting for the job in front of him.. if percival gets hurt or is dealt then rodriguez would take over as closer and donnelly would probably set up.. i also dont see donnelly being nearly as good as he was last year
brad lidge and dotel i see both getting quite a few saves.. dotel with be named the primary closer basically due to the fact he is at most times unhittable and he has more grooming then lidge.. i see lidge being a quality closer but in the future. i think hes better off as a setup of dotel
williamson will be closing in boston and i see him doing a fine job .. the only reason he might lose some saves is because they will score so many runs and they wont need to use him as often... plus he is another full year off his surgery so i see him being even better.
romero as of right now i see being the best bet to close in minnesota just because they have noone else.. they lost hawkins and everyday eddy so theres romero .. unless they spend some money and bring in an urbina or a benitez i see romero havin the job until he pitches his way out of it
joe nathan i see being a spot starter middle reliever because he used to be a start and minnesotas starters besides santana arent very reliable for going deep into games and sanatana isnt all the reliable himself.. so hell come out of the pen for 2-3 innings and like i said might spot start..
i hope this helps
Well done.
My only real disagreement is that I think Foulke will end up in Boston making Williamson either a set up man, or trade bait.
thats true.. i totally forgot about that whole foulke talk.. so yeah if he signs i see them dealin williamson for some offense especially if they do the arod-manny and nomar deals
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mikcou wrote:Dotel will definetly have a chance at closing, williamson will get the job if the sox dont sign foulke, Lidge could get teh job if dotel fails, Donnelly will be closer if Percival is traded.
Pretty much word for word what I was gonna say. Well said
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Nathan will start the season as the closer for the Twins; Romero was who they wanted to be their closer in 2004, but after his terrible display last season, they're giving the ball to Nathan in the 9th inning. If you have a look at Nathan's stats from last season, he was very under-rated. His ERA and WHIP were ridiculous in April, July, August, and September. Not bad for a guy that was basically unheard of. With his WHIP of 1.06 I see him as the closer while Romero (1.71 WHIP, 5.00 ERA) is the primary lefty setup man, with Rincon the righty setup man. Maybe Romero can find his old stuff from 2002 when he was arguably the top setup man other than Dotel, but to start the season it will be Nathan as the closer.
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LBJackal wrote:Nathan will start the season as the closer for the Twins; Romero was who they wanted to be their closer in 2004, but after his terrible display last season, they're giving the ball to Nathan in the 9th inning. If you have a look at Nathan's stats from last season, he was very under-rated. His ERA and WHIP were ridiculous in April, July, August, and September. Not bad for a guy that was basically unheard of. With his WHIP of 1.06 I see him as the closer while Romero (1.71 WHIP, 5.00 ERA) is the primary lefty setup man, with Rincon the righty setup man. Maybe Romero can find his old stuff from 2002 when he was arguably the top setup man other than Dotel, but to start the season it will be Nathan as the closer.
Interesting suggestion. Have you seen an article on this? I'd like to take a look at it.
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I agree with Habib. Dotel will definitely close in Houston and Donnelly will close in Anaheim if Percival is dealt. When Percival was injured last year it was donnelly, not K-rod, who stepped into the closer spot for a few weeks.
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by Guest » Thu Dec 11, 2003 4:00 pm 
Have you seen an article on this? I'd like to take a look at it. 
