You ever look at a pitcher and just realize that he’s running out of gas much sooner than you expected him too? Well, that’s what I am noticing from the Mets closer of the moment, Jeurys Familia. He is pitching like his best friend died or his pet rock was used in a terrarium for a science fair project. I am not liking the trend of the K’s disappearing, hell he went four appearances without getting one. For a guy with a 10-plus K/9, that is worrisome. The BAA is up for the month, walks are triple from what the previous two months were, and he is trying to pull of a mocha shoe with a green suit. I mean, come on. So just the other day, Bobby Parnell came in got a nice tidy 5-out save and it made me think, the way the Mets are and what their needs as a team are, is this the solution that they need? They needed bullpen help, a nice veteran returning who knows the ropes, walks with a pimp skip (no cane on the field though), and has the ability in previous years to get the job done if need be. I personally just think Jeurys needs a lessened work load to make him bounce back. Still, it is worth noticing or monitoring that Bobby P is back, and he is rounding up his bottom and top slags from Queens Point and is in waiting. Lets see what other bits of delusion I have to scour up for ya. Enjoy the week… cheers!
- In terms of closers, the stat line I always aim for to judge their worth is 4 saves and 10 K’s over 2 weeks. This fortnight, only 3 meet that: Britton, Roldy and Kimbrel.
- Speaking of Britton, he is unscored upon in the last month, and has only given up 7 hits in 14 plus innings. Couple that with his nasty plus-11 K rate and a great BB rate he is one step to being elite. I know you can’t wait, so tune in 2 weeks from today. It’s a date.
- If Kevin Siegrist is available in your league, you’re doing it wrong!
- This week’s sleeper reliever getting some good mojo is Drew Pomeranz. He has been shifted to the pen and has 3 holds in the past 10 games. Oakland is looking like it’s going to be a seller and sneaky sneaky he may be.
$12 Salads
You know that restaurant your girlfriend/wife/what-have-you likes to go to that charges, like, $12 for a salad? Every time you go there, you have a thoroughly solid meal. No complaints, except you just paid $12 for a salad when you could’ve went to McDonald’s and stuffed you and your woman for ten schmools and had $2 in quarters left over to make the hotel bed vibrate. These closers are $12 salads.
1. Aroldis Chapman – (J.J. Hoover, Manny Parra)
2. Kenley Jansen — (Chris Hatcher, Yimi Garcia)
3. Dellin Betances – (Justin Wilson, Chasen Shreve, Adam Warren)
4. Trevor Rosenthal – (Kevin Siegrist, Seth Maness)
5. Craig Kimbrel – (Joaquin Benoit, Brandon Maurer)
6. Greg Holland– (Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera)
7. Drew Storen – (Casey Janssen, Blake Treinen)
8. Huston Street – (Joe Smith, Cam Bedrosian)
9. Glen Perkins – (Blaine Boyer, Casey Fien)
Donkeycorns
Imagine you’re following a donkey, who’s wearing a wool cap, through a desert for 1700 miles. Why are you following a donkey? Because he promises you something wonderful and you just need to trust him. Does the donkey talk? Yes. Yes, he does talk. So when you and the donkey in the wool cap arrive at his destination, he removes the wool cap to reveal a horn. The donkey is a unicorn and his gift to you for your trust is saves. These closers are Donkeycorns.
10. David Robertson – (Jake Petricka, Zach Duke)
11. Zach Britton – (Darren O’Day, Tommy Hunter)
12. Jonathan Papelbon – (Ken Giles, Luis Garcia)
13. Cody Allen – (Bryan Shaw, Zach McAllister)
14. Mark Melancon — (Tony Watson, Jared Hughes)
15. Jeurys Familia – (Bobby Parnell, Hansel Robles)
16. Koji Uehara – (Junichi Tazawa, Alexi Ogando)
17. Francisco Rodriguez, (Will Smith, Jonathan Broxton)
18. Joakim Soria – (Joba Chamberlain, Al Alburquerque)
19. Santiago Casilla – (Sergio Romo, Hunter Strickland)
20. Jason Grilli – (Jim Johnson, Brandon Cunniff)
21. Shawn Tolleson – (Keone Kela, Tanner Scheppers)
22. John Axford – (Boone Logan, Scott Oberg)
23. A.J. Ramos – (Carter Capps, Mike Dunn)
Employed
These guys are the men that make the save market go round. They punch in, punch out. Have the job, no real threat to speak of, and are basically just there to collect great benny’s so they can take care of their crippled brother. Who is only really crippled because he is scared of the sun.
24. Luke Gregerson – (Chad Qualls, Pat Neshek)
25. Brett Cecil — (Roberto Osuna, Aaron Loup)
26. Tyler Clippard – (Evan Scribner, Drew Pomeranz)
27. Brad Ziegler – (Addison Reed, Daniel Hudson, Randall Delgado)
Brain Freezes
I’m going on a picnic and I’m bringing apples, bananas and Carlos Marmol– Wait, he just gave up 12 earned runs and hit Castro in the head with a pick-off throw. Brain freeze! Make it stop! Use the following closers at your own risk.
28. Jake McGee – (Brad Boxberger, Kevin Jepsen)
29. Carson Smith – (Fernando Rodney, Mark Lowe)
30. Hector Rondon – (Pedro Strop, Jason Motte, Rafael Soriano)
