Interesting Fox Sports piece on the summer trade market for closers:
The Yankees, in dire need of a setup man, eventually will target the best available late-inning relievers — the Rockies' Huston Street, Diamondbacks' Chad Qualls and Astros' Jose Valverde. In fact, they already have expressed interest in Street, according to major-league sources.
Each of those pursuits, however, would be complicated.
The Rockies, lacking an internal replacement for Street, do not plan to trade him until just before the July 31 non-waiver deadline, if they trade him at all. Don't look now, but the Rockies' eight-game winning streak has left the team only 4 1/2 games back in the wild-card race.
Qualls, meanwhile, recently missed time with forearm tightness. And Valverde has been on the disabled list since April 26 with a right calf strain. The last thing the Yankees would want is a health risk, so other relievers such as the Orioles' Danys Baez also could appear on their wish list.
kickureface wrote:soriano got 2 save opportunities now?
This is in this thread all over the place, but here it is again:
Soriano and Gonzalez are essentially a closer-by-committee. Bobby plays matchups with them, so if there are tough left-handers to get in the 8th, he's going to bring in Gonzo, leaving Soriano to close in the 9th. I would assume they are both owned in every league, and if you own one of them, you're not going to drop him because the other guy is getting save opps.
MissingOakley wrote:Interesting Fox Sports piece on the summer trade market for closers:
The Yankees, in dire need of a setup man, eventually will target the best available late-inning relievers — the Rockies' Huston Street, Diamondbacks' Chad Qualls and Astros' Jose Valverde. In fact, they already have expressed interest in Street, according to major-league sources.
Each of those pursuits, however, would be complicated.
The Rockies, lacking an internal replacement for Street, do not plan to trade him until just before the July 31 non-waiver deadline, if they trade him at all. Don't look now, but the Rockies' eight-game winning streak has left the team only 4 1/2 games back in the wild-card race.
Qualls, meanwhile, recently missed time with forearm tightness. And Valverde has been on the disabled list since April 26 with a right calf strain. The last thing the Yankees would want is a health risk, so other relievers such as the Orioles' Danys Baez also could appear on their wish list.
MissingOakley wrote:Interesting Fox Sports piece on the summer trade market for closers:
The Yankees, in dire need of a setup man, eventually will target the best available late-inning relievers — the Rockies' Huston Street, Diamondbacks' Chad Qualls and Astros' Jose Valverde. In fact, they already have expressed interest in Street, according to major-league sources.
Each of those pursuits, however, would be complicated.
The Rockies, lacking an internal replacement for Street, do not plan to trade him until just before the July 31 non-waiver deadline, if they trade him at all. Don't look now, but the Rockies' eight-game winning streak has left the team only 4 1/2 games back in the wild-card race.
Qualls, meanwhile, recently missed time with forearm tightness. And Valverde has been on the disabled list since April 26 with a right calf strain. The last thing the Yankees would want is a health risk, so other relievers such as the Orioles' Danys Baez also could appear on their wish list.
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