5/4 Cheering, Venting, & Exit Sandman

[wrveres]

Andy Parrino just got the IBB two at bats in a row. I can guarantee you that's never happened to him before, nor will it ever happen again

[benb18a]

After picking up Dolis and Cashner today I now have 5 closer for my 9 man staff in a NL only. This is a problem. People may not want to trade and their value will be minimal. Its a good problem to have....... I think

Me too. I have ended up with five closers as of Sale's change, and one guy has zero actual relievers, the Mariano owner has three other solid closers, and I have no trade compatibility with the Storen and Bailey owners. Most guys in my league are happy to have two closers and the rest starting pitchers. The guys with more than two are pretty lucky with theirs so far.

[Tennessee Jed]

Only closer I drafted this year was Sergio Santos in the 16th round. Now I own Robertson, Casilla, and just made the Cashner add. The one dude that owned Rivera and Wilson has been sending me angry texts on an hourly basis since ~9pm last night.

[Tennessee Jed]

btw...my money is on Nathan as next to perish in "The Closer Games"

[GiantsFan14]

btw...my money is on Nathan as next to perish in "The Closer Games"

ya i'm stashing adams in all leagues. here's to hoping...

[wrveres]

Scott Miller (CBS) is reporting that Luebke is done for the year, but I'd wait for confirmation from a real reporter, not some hack with an axe to grind.

[Tennessee Jed]

Cishek has sooo much movement on his fastball. it seriously looks like a backwards cutter

[Izenhart]

Josh Johnson: 2.7 ip, 6 h, 3 bb, 6 r, 1 k
Steve Cishek: 3.0 ip, 1 h, 2 bb, 0 r, 3 k

Cishek should get a win and a save for that one. Pitched more innings than the starter and ended the game.

[Syfo-Dyas]

Josh Johnson: 2.7 ip, 6 h, 3 bb, 6 r, 1 k
Steve Cishek: 3.0 ip, 1 h, 2 bb, 0 r, 3 k

Cishek should get a win and a save for that one. Pitched more innings than the starter and ended the game.

But this pretty much ends any speculation about Cishek being named closer if Bell placed on DL or removed temporarily.

[benb18a]

Only closer I drafted this year was Sergio Santos in the 16th round. Now I own Robertson, Casilla, and just made the Cashner add. The one dude that owned Rivera and Wilson has been sending me angry texts on an hourly basis since ~9pm last night.

Sounds like a good strategy. I took two high-end closers, thinking their 80+ saves would allow me to forget about RP for the entire season/rest of the draft. Four weeks in and they have maybe ten at the most between them, just not many wins and save ops for them so far

Next year I think I'm going to wait until around the 16-18 rounds to pick up a closer or two. Seems like all the marquee closers are either not getting many chances or are injured, and the leaders are pretty much fliers/first year closers/WW pick ups. For saves so far, two of the top twelve were top 180 picks in Yahoo! drafts.