I don't know if this has been talked about yet, (I'm sure it has) but I wanted to know the situation for every team. Some are obvious, some are closer by commitee, some might not know at all. I was looking for people to update and correct this list. Thanks.
These are who I think will be the closers. If you know any of the ??? please feel free to edit. If I am wrong in any case please correct my inputs. Thanks all. I hope this list will help/assist a great many of you.
Tigers- M.Anderson/German
White Sox - Koch
Cubs - My understanding is its Alfonseca's to loose
Red Sox - committee for now but popular opinion sees Embree as the guy most likely to emerge from the group
Indians - Baez
Padres- could be Villafuerte, could also be Witasik, or Jones (they're rumored to be trying to acquire him from Colorado).
Red Sox - Looks like Embree heads the committee that also includes Mendoza, Fox, Timlin and Howry.
Royals - All signs point to MacDougal..also could be Bailey or Grimsley.
Otherwise all the updates so far seem to be right on.
Anonymous wrote:I don't know if this has been talked about yet, (I'm sure it has) but I wanted to know the situation for every team. Some are obvious, some are closer by commitee, some might not know at all. I was looking for people to update and correct this list. Thanks.
These are who I think will be the closers. If you know any of the ??? please feel free to edit. If I am wrong in any case please correct my inputs. Thanks all. I hope this list will help/assist a great many of you.
So the only one left are the Devil Rays. Anyone knows what's the deal there? What are Lou's plans?
I doubt the Devil Rays will even be close in enough games to have a designated closer.
Heh, okay, okay, the number of wins a team gets is not necessarily related to the number of save opportunities, but I don't think anybody should be picking a pitcher from Tampa just on principle. Maybe next year they will have matured enough to be respectable, but not this year.
Oh, and I'd keep a '?' by Embree. He's probably the front-runner at this point, but the Sox are planning on "bullpen by committee", which means he's not a lock to get more than 15-20 saves, or even more than 15-20 SVO's.
Oh, and I think I'm gonna sticky this topic, since it comes up every so often, and it's very useful now that drafts are happening left and right.
(edit: well, I couldn't figure out how to sticky a thread, but I created a new one and copy/pasted the relevant info, and left a link to this original thread)
EugeneStyles wrote:I doubt the Devil Rays will even be close in enough games to have a designated closer.
Heh, okay, okay, the number of wins a team gets is not necessarily related to the number of save opportunities, but I don't think anybody should be picking a pitcher from Tampa just on principle. Maybe next year they will have matured enough to be respectable, but not this year.
Oh, and I'd keep a '?' by Embree. He's probably the front-runner at this point, but the Sox are planning on "bullpen by committee", which means he's not a lock to get more than 15-20 saves, or even more than 15-20 SVO's.
Oh, and I think I'm gonna sticky this topic, since it comes up every so often, and it's very useful now that drafts are happening left and right.
(edit: well, I couldn't figure out how to sticky a thread, but I created a new one and copy/pasted the relevant info, and left a link to this original thread)
Nice idea. I think it will be a very useful tool troughout the year. Especially is any closers get hurt, falter or get traded.
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by Guest » Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:27 pm 
Thanks again.
