Closer search

Constantine9  4/15/2013 11:31 AM

In one of my leagues, most closers and some heir apparents are locked up. I need another one and wonder whether burning a No. 1 waiver priority on Andrew Bailey is the right call. Other availables are James Russell, Edward Mujica, and Mike Dunn.

mbuser   4/15/2013 11:59 AM

Bailey is very good speculation at this point, given Hanrahan's injury and ineffectiveness. Whether or not you should use No.1 on him depends on what you anticipate being available via waivers moving forward. SV come up on the wire very often over the course of the season, and we're just getting started here. I'd rank Mujica second of those options, and he certainly should be rostered if you need to speculate on SV.

liam4  4/15/2013 4:13 PM

I am in the same position, scrambling for closers.  I would vote not to burn the waiver priority on Bailey.  Pick up Mujica, who St. Louis just said they'll likely try at closer.  Bailey is great but doesn't have the job yet, and blew the save today.  You'll have other opportunities to pick up closers, and will kick yourself is a great hitter/sp hits waivers.  I have Bailey, Mujica and Herrera on my team.

If you have another spot, might as well pick up Russell as well.  And Bailey may clear waivers anyway.

Constantine9  4/15/2013 4:14 PM

Yeah, if I thought Bailey would keep the job for a while, he'd be more than worth burning the priority. I guess it depends on how much faith I have in Hanrahan keeping the closer gig once he gets back.

kenjlev18baseball  4/15/2013 4:48 PM

After he was dropped, I picked up Axford on speculation that he'll be back as Closer before too long. I can also pick up Kyuji Fujikawa while on DL. Both have been awful, but Fujikawa should come back from DL as a lower rated Closer, while Axford, though not a Closer now, was told that the job is his again once he works things out, and he's higher rated. 

I only have room for one. Which way should I go?

A) Keep Axford and wait.

B) Drop Axford and pick up Fujikawa

C) Get rid of Axford, grab a starter, and keep my eyes open for another Closer?

Other Closers on my roster are Sergio Romo and Steve Chisek (for the no score Marlins). 

14 Teams | 9 Hitters Per Team [7 Active = H HR RBI SB R BB BA] | 7 Pitchers Per Team [7 Active = IP W SV ERA WHIP SO K/9]

	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HV	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BBV	BAV
		1	4	1.22	0.00		Votto, Joey		CIN	1B	149		526	105	169	95	112	113	0.322	25	6	0.60	0.45	0.91	-0.74	1.77	3.40	2.14
		1	11	0.77	0.00		Gordon, Alex		KC	OF	156		635	104	191	78	73	138	0.300	19	14	1.74	-0.21	0.07	-0.05	1.66	1.04	1.13
		1	13	0.67	0.00		Holliday, Matt		STL	OF	156		597	97	176	95	74	123	0.295	27	4	0.96	0.68	0.91	-0.84	1.10	1.13	0.75
		2	20	0.50	0.00		Cespedes, Yoenis		OAK	OF	146		566	86	170	99	49	105	0.300	26	18	0.62	0.63	1.13	0.20	0.30	-0.41	1.00
		2	28	0.39	0.00		Werth, Jayson		WAS	OF	151		581	99	160	72	82	141	0.275	24	16	0.09	0.37	-0.26	0.09	1.30	1.60	-0.48
		3	41	0.20	0.00		de Aza, Alejandro		CHW	OF	152		634	90	181	61	56	129	0.285	11	32	1.22	-1.03	-0.82	1.36	0.58	0.00	0.14
		5	60	0.01	0.00		Weeks, Rickie		MIL	2B	146		580	99	152	68	64	148	0.263	24	14	-0.31	0.37	-0.46	-0.08	1.27	0.52	-1.20
		5	62	-0.02	0.00		Cabrera, Asdrubal		CLE	SS	154		626	86	171	77	51	118	0.273	21	12	0.68	0.05	-0.01	-0.21	0.26	-0.27	-0.65
		9	120	-0.63	0.00		Moustakas, Mike		KC	3B	154		582	68	150	81	41	112	0.258	21	5	-0.43	0.06	0.21	-0.76	-1.11	-0.90	-1.51
		11	153	-0.92	0.00		Lucroy, Jonathan		MIL	C	122		447	57	132	69	30	75	0.295	14	4	-1.40	-0.73	-0.44	-0.84	-2.01	-1.58	0.56
		12	167	-1.07	0.00		Ruiz, Carlos		PHI	C	109		386	51	118	61	38	48	0.307	12	2	-2.13	-0.91	-0.83	-1.01	-2.44	-1.11	0.96
	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HV	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BBV	BAV
				1.12	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values				1595		6,159	943	1,770	856	671	1,249	0.287	224	128	1.65	-0.27	0.39	-2.89	2.69	3.42	2.84
				0.62	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				1449		5,594	856	1,600	757	622	1,145	0.286	198	111	1.02	-0.90	-0.74	-3.09	2.39	3.83	1.84

	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	K/9	IPV	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	K/9V
		1	4	0.97	0.00		Hernandez, Felix		SEA	SP	32		229.3	203	83	76	60	219	16	3.00	15	0	1.15	8.6	1.17	0.91	-0.57	1.93	1.58	1.42	0.31
		1	10	0.73	0.00		Scherzer, Max		DET	SP	32		197.0	176	82	75	60	223	24	3.45	16	0	1.20	10.2	0.66	1.04	-0.57	0.17	0.43	1.50	1.89
		2	25	0.16	0.00		Fister, Doug		DET	SP	32		213.2	207	89	82	45	163	19	3.46	16	0	1.18	6.9	0.92	1.06	-0.57	0.12	0.81	0.36	-1.58
		2	28	0.13	0.00		Kennedy, Ian		ARI	SP	31		203.3	196	90	83	52	183	24	3.68	14	0	1.22	8.1	0.76	0.72	-0.57	-0.62	0.08	0.74	-0.23
		3	36	0.01	0.00		Romo, Sergio		SF	RP	60		58.8	47	16	15	11	71	4	2.29	4	29	1.00	10.8	-1.55	-1.56	1.43	1.19	1.21	-1.40	0.75
		4	44	-0.07	0.00		Fiers, Mike		MIL	SP	27		165.9	157	75	69	52	162	20	3.75	13	0	1.26	8.8	0.16	0.41	-0.57	-0.71	-0.48	0.34	0.40
		4	45	-0.08	0.00		Minor, Mike		ATL	SP	31		188.2	181	85	78	54	165	21	3.74	14	0	1.25	7.9	0.52	0.79	-0.57	-0.77	-0.48	0.40	-0.42
		4	54	-0.18	0.00		Miller, Shelby		STL	RP	27		165.9	153	75	69	65	160	17	3.72	13	0	1.31	8.7	0.16	0.40	-0.57	-0.62	-1.26	0.30	0.31
		5	59	-0.21	0.00		Axford, John		MIL	RP	67		64.7	54	27	25	30	81	7	3.45	4	38	1.30	11.3	-1.45	-1.50	2.05	0.06	-0.44	-1.19	0.99
		6	74	-0.30	0.00		Cobb, Alex		TB	SP	27		168.6	161	73	67	51	131	13	3.56	12	0	1.25	7.0	0.21	0.31	-0.57	-0.19	-0.43	-0.25	-1.16
		6	77	-0.32	0.00		Lewis, Colby		TEX	SP	24		154.7	156	74	68	33	138	23	3.97	10	0	1.22	8.0	-0.02	-0.14	-0.57	-1.23	0.09	-0.13	-0.27
		7	90	-0.42	0.00		Cishek, Steve		MIA	RP	55		52.3	44	19	18	22	55	3	3.09	3	32	1.26	9.4	-1.65	-1.67	1.61	0.36	-0.16	-1.70	0.29
		7	91	-0.43	0.00		Hanson, Tommy		LAA	SP	29		173.4	168	86	79	62	160	22	4.09	12	0	1.33	8.3	0.28	0.36	-0.57	-1.73	-1.59	0.30	-0.03
	Own	Round	Rank	Value	PosV	ValueC	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	K/9	IPV	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	K/9V
				-0.01	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values				475		2,035.4	1,904	875	805	596	1,912	213	3.56	146	99	1.23	8.5	0.16	1.13	-0.57	-2.05	-0.64	0.68	1.23
				0.58	0.00	0.00	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				302		941.4	850	389	358	297	971	97	3.42	67	99	1.22	9.3	-2.37	-2.01	2.83	1.26	0.55	-0.74	4.58

mbuser   4/15/2013 5:54 PM

Is that h2h? I'd likely punt SV if that is the case.

As for Axford vs Fujikawa: I'd call Fujikawa's job safer, as in he is THE closer for CHC, but the injury is a cloud over that right now. There are no guarantees that Axford will sort out his problems, but he'll be back in the 9th-inning role if he can.

kenjlev18baseball  4/15/2013 6:06 PM

Yes, it's h2h.

So Matt, you think I should drop Axford, and pick up another starter, simply sticking with Romo and Cishek as my 2 Relievers/Closers?

That's what I was doing until the opportunity to pick up Axford and Fujikawa came along. 

mbuser   4/15/2013 6:37 PM

Axford's elite K/9 makes him more interesting for those settings, no question. I guess I'd stay the course with him. Rostering 10 or 11 SP seems like madness to me, but it would depend on how the rest of your league is addressing it.

kenjlev18baseball  4/15/2013 6:45 PM

OK, will do that unless a quality Closer (in the job) becomes available, or unless Axford is not working things out. He pitched a good inning the other night,, so that was encouraging. You've projected me # 1 in my league by far. Thanks so much for your assistance. I try to follow your advice to a T.