Closer Hot Seat Report - Late May

[JCStone7]

Closer Hot Seat Report (http://www.nolimitsportsline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9532) | by: Jabarwick courtesy NLS

This is for fantasy baseball help, obviously :thumbsup:

BLUE - He is locked in as closer
ORANGE - Looks shaky or situation is shaky but not in immediate danger of losing job
RED - Looks bad or situation is bad and probably will lose job soon. Commitee will always be RED

American League East:

Baltimore Orioles:
Closer - George Sherill
Next in Line - Chad Bradford
Others - Jaime Walker
DL - Chris Ray

Boston Red Sox:
Closer - Jonathon Papelbon
Next in Line - Hideki Okajima
Others - Manny Delcarmen and Mike Timlin

New York Yankees:
Closer - Mariano Rivera
Next in Line - Joba Chamberlain
Others - Kyle Fransworth and LaTroy Hawkins

Tampa Bay Rays:
Closer - Troy Percival
Next in Line - Dan Wheeler
Others - Al Reyes

Toronto Blue Jays:
Closer - B.J. Ryan
Next in Line - Scott Downs
Others - Jesse Carlson
DL - Jeremy Accardo

American League Central:

Chicago White Sox:
Closer - Bobby Jenks
Next in Line - Octavio Dotel
Others - Scott Linebrink

Cleveland Indians:
Closer - Rafael Betancourt
Next in Line - Masahide Kobayashi
Others - Rafael Perez and Jorge Julio
DL - Joe Borowski

Detroit Tigers:
Closer - Todd Jones
Next in Line - Aquilino Lopez
Others - Zach Miner
DL - Joel Zumaya, Fernando Rodney and Denny Bautista

Kansas City Royals:
Closer - Joakim Soria
Next in Line - Yasahiko Yabuta
Others - Leo Nunez and Jimmy Gobble

Minnesota Twins:
Closer - Joe Nathan
Next in Line - Matt Guerrier
Others - Juan Rincon
DL - Pat Neshek

American League West:

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:
Closer - Francisco Rodriguez
Next in Line - Scot Shields
Others - Justin Speier

Oakland A's:
Closer - Huston Street
Next in Line - Keith Foulke
Others - Joey Devine, Alan Embree, and Santiago Casilla
DL - Kiko Calero

Seattle Mariners:
Closer - J.J.Putz
Next in Line - Ryan Rowland-Smith
Others - Brandon Morrow and Mark Lowe

Texas Rangers:
Closer - C.J. Wilson
Next in Line - Eddie Guardado

National League East:

Atlanta Braves:
Closer - Manny Acosta
Next in Line - Blaine Boyer
Others - Will Ohman and Jeff Bennett
DL - Mike Gonzalez, Peter Moylan, Rafael Soriano and, John Smoltz

Florida Marlins:
Closer - Kevin Gregg
Next in Line - Matt Lindstrom
Others - Taylor Tankersley
DL - Henry Owens

New York Mets:
Closer - Billy Wagner
Next in Line - Aaron Heilman
Others - Duaner Sanchez

Philadelphia Phillies:
Closer - Brad Lidge
Next in Line - Tom Gordon
Others - J.C. Romero and Ryan Madson

Washington Nationals:
Closer - Jon Rauch
Next in Line - Luis Ayala
Others - Saul Rivera
DL - Chad Cordero

National League Central:

Chicago Cubs:
Closer - Kerry Wood
Next in Line - Carlos Marmol
Others - Bobby Howry

Cincinnati Reds:
Closer - Francisco Cordero
Next in Line - David Weathers
Others - Jeremy Affeldt and Jared Burton

Houston Astros:
Closer - Jose Valverde
Next in Line - Doug Brocail

Milwaukee Brewers:
Closer - Salomon Torres
Next in Line - Guillermo Mota
Others - Brian Shouse and Eric Gagne
DL - David Riske

Pittsburgh Pirates:
Closer - Matt Capps
Next in Line - John Grabow
Others - Damaso Marte and Tyler Yates

St. Louis Cardinals:
Closer - Ryan Franklin
Next in Line - Russ Springer
Others - Chris Perez and Ron Flores
DL - Jason Isringhausen

National League West:

Arizona Diamondbacks:
Closer - Brandon Lyon
Next in Line - Chad Qualls
Others - Tony Pena

Colorado Rockies:
Closer - Brian Fuentes
Next in Line - Taylor Bucholz
Others - Manny Corpas

Los Angeles Dodgers:
Closer - Takashi Saito
Next in Line - Jonathon Broxton
Others - Joe Beimel

San Diego Padres:
Closer - Trevor Hoffman
Next in Line - Heath Bell
Others - Cla Meredith

San Francisco Giants:
Closer - Brian Wilson
Next in Line - Tyler Walker
Others - Merkin Valdez

[McCarroll21]

Only problem I saw with the list is that Borowski has been activated and should step right back into save chances because Betancourt blew it hard. Kolb like.

[GrandMasterB]

No wonder the Mariners are in last place. They're having to share their bullpen with Texas.

[JCStone7]

No wonder the Mariners are in last place. They're having to share their bullpen with Texas.

Haha good catch!

[nlsmike]

These reports are issued weekly and there has been no time table on when JoeBlows gets his opportunity

[MPH]

These reports are issued weekly and there has been no time table on when JoeBlows gets his opportunity
The Indians weren't too worried when 2007 AL saves leader Borowski went down, because they had Betancourt and Kobayashi waiting to step in. Neither of those guys has stepped up, and the team's disappointing overall performance this year has not provided many Save opportunities anyway.

[nittanylionfan3]

Man, 4 Braves guys on the DL...thats depressing.

[GrandMasterB]

Man, 4 Braves guys on the DL...thats depressing.

It's not too depressing as long as they keep winning. :thumbsup:

[nittanylionfan3]

It's not too depressing as long as they keep winning. :thumbsup:

True, you got me there!!!