Closer report

[Super GM]

1. Eric Gagne, Dodgers, No, Eric, do not hit Michael Tucker and get in a fight. NO! Next in line: Guillermo Mota

2. Mariano Rivera, Yanks, His WHIP is now higher than his ERA; Combined, barely 2 Next in line: Tom Gordon

3. Keith Foulke, Red Sox, As dominant as Rivera! Next in line: Mike Timlin

4. John Smoltz, Braves, Would Braves ever consider trading him? Next in line: Chris Reitsma

5. Trevor Hoffman, Padres, On pace for only 56 innings, but no worries! Next in line: Akinori Otsuka

6. Danny Kolb, Brewers All-Star berth ahead; ERA is 0.94! Next in line: Luis Vizcaino

7. Joe Nathan, Twins, Crain's coming up, but not to close! Next in line: Juan Rincon


8. Armando Benitez, Marlins, Not his fault, but few chances this month; Horrible Billy Koch in middle relief doesn't help! Next in line: Nate Bump

9. Danny Graves, Reds, Is again ML leader in saves, rolling to 55? Next in line: Todd Jones

10. Francisco Cordero, Rangers, Love those saves when Rangers win by 3! Next in line: Jay Powell

11. Jose Mesa, Pirates, Lefties are hitting .365 off him; could prevent a trade to contender. Next in line: Brian Meadows

12. Billy Wagner, Phils, Pounded by BoSox in non-save chance, ERA is 4.70! Next in line: Tim Worrell


13. Brad Lidge, Astros, Welcome to the role! Now go and dominate some more! Next in line: Dan Miceli.


14. Braden Looper, Mets, Incredible how he just stopped walking guys Mike Stanton

15. Jason Isringhausen, Cards, Safe, at least Kline didn't get angry at him! Next in line: Julian Tavarez

16. Ugueth Urbina, Tigers, Numbers skewed by non-save work. Next in line:Danny Patterson


17. Eddie Guardado, Mariners, Numbers skewed by Mariners never scoring. Next in line: Shigetoshi Hasegawa

18. Octavio Dotel, A's, A's go from last in this file, to 18th. But Dotel is struggling!! Next in line: Jim Mecir

19. Troy Percival, Angels, Be cautious here, hold K-Rod, too, because the Angels might! Next in line: Francisco Rodriguez


20. Matt Herges, Giants, Having a fine June, talk of Urbina coming not rampant now! Next in line: Felix Rodriguez

21. LaTroy Hawkins, Cubs, Looks like he's safe to keep this job rest of 2004 Kyle Farnsworth

22. Danys Baez, D-Rays, Actually, Rays are winning all these games by too much! Next in line: Lance Carter


23. Chad Cordero, Expos, Throwing darts, he's doing fine in this role now! Next in line: Luis Ayala

24. Shingo Takatsu, White Sox, Only 12 hits allowed all season, very impressive!! Next in line: Damaso Marte


25. Jason Frasor, Blue Jays, Three straight hitless outings after rough patch. Next in line: Terry Adams


26. Jorge Julio, Orioles, You know, he's even built a little like Alfonseca! Next in line: B.J. Ryan

27. Shawn Chacon, Rockies Pitching better, still hard to trust him! Next in line: Steve Reed


28. David Riske, Indians, Still very erratic, and should lose job at some point, maybe to Bob Wickman Next in line: Jose Jimenez (this post was originally written about Jimenez. But it counts for Riske too)

29. Mike Koplove, D-backs, No save chances in first week on job; Carlos Pena walk-off slam might still be going... Next in line: Scott Service

30. Nate Field, Royals, Who knows? Could be him, but there's nothing to save; Shame, since Jeremy Affeldt was doing quite well! Next in line: Scott Sullivan

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[Madison]

10. Francisco Cordero, Rangers, Love those saves when Rangers win by 3! Next in line: Jay Powell

Who wrote that? Powell is not next in line, he's on the DL for crying out loud!

Not that it matters anyway. Cordero is the man!

[thehat]

Good writeup, although I'd argue with the author on Tampa Bay. Baez is backed up by Colome, not Carter.

[Surfs up]

The Inside Pitch has Torres as next in line. I guess we can look at five different sites and get five different answers. Thanks for trying.
I'm going to take a small gamble and put in a buck faab on Torres.

[Surfs up]

I also hope this isn't a ranking order. I would put Kolkb in the top three or four. Foulke more in the middle. This is all based on THIS years performance not the past.
Also Urbinas back up Patterson is on the DL

[Strasil42]

3. Keith Foulke, Red Sox, As dominant as Rivera!

lol, i think that comment is pushing it.

[ocmusicjunkie]

If those are rankings, there is some REAL bs in there.