jose valverde named tigers closer

[dudekid]

if he is still available in your leagues, jose valverde has been named the closer of the detroit tigers...he's looked good so far in his high A innings, and that bullpen is such a mess it was only a matter of time. i actually had him stashed on my roster for a few weeks now, he should hopefully be a good source of saves as the tigers have solid pitching and a great offense, they should get their wins

[EmpireMaker]

Nice heads up I just grabbed him in a deep league.

[Carseller4]

Maybe it's time to upgrade Marmol?

[Cross]

Good call, got him!

[Colin Kaepernick]

I drafted him in the beginning and hes been sitting on my bench until now. Awesome!

[playersonly69]

Should be a good pickup

[oiler]

great pickup

[MexicanStallion]

Good call for those who waited on him. He was picked up and dropped twice in my league, then finally third time was a charm and picked him the day of.

[BigSpoon]

Some guy already had him stashed in my league, thanks for the heads up anyways OP.

[Grits n' Gravy]

My longshot was Bailey. Sticking with him. Valverde is a head case.

[Wulfman14]

valverde is a good pick up def better then coke

[darrell74]

good start tonight for papa grande

[Wrigley]

He sucked in the playoffs last year

[opie1988]

Closed it out with a 1-2-3 9th tonite.

[me-first]

i definitely would have picked him up if I had the chance..

[Mitchell88]

he was already taken in mine but I would have liked to pick him up

[Straight Cash]

He had a 1-2-3 9th, but with the deep balls and only throwing fastballs he still makes me nervous...

[Otters27]

I have bettencourt. Valverde alread got picked up by some other dude

[LT Profits]

As long as you have two other more reliable closers, then Valverde is a good risk. I wouldn't want to need to rely on him though, he can implode on a moment's notice.

[mugsey15]

Watching the game yesterday I wouldn't take a chance on him. KC bats just missed on him. His fastball had little movement and it's the only pitched he used.

[dudekid]

my closer situation has finally stabilized after being pretty shaky early on...i am pretty big into save chasing and free agent closers because i tend to avoid drafting the high price big name closers, and just finding the saves down the road. i started my season with jj putz, huston street, mitch boggs, and jose veras...all relatively cheap at the draft table. i traded street and veras, and both have been ineffective...and bloggs and putz have been bad this year...thankfully i stashed valverde in my NA spot, and grabbed bailey as a free agent very early on when someone dropped him before hanrahan blew up. i also grabbed ed mujica when boggs was imploding...so now my closers are:

putz, bailey, mujica, valverde...i got 5 saves last week and 6 saves already this week, plus valverde/bailey/mujica combined for 3 IP, 3K, 0BB, 3 SV, 0.00ERA and 0.00WHIP last night

i will keep my eyes and ears out for any closer changes and let you guys know. the brewers are looking to give K-rod a contract so there may be potential there, we will see

[ProPicker713]

Tigers should try and bring out Billy Wagner from retirement. Sandman would fit in perfect as the closer and would be lights out in the AL

[Robber]

Valverde always shaky

Couldn't trust him to close

[Grits n' Gravy]

Tigers should try and bring out Billy Wagner from retirement. Sandman would fit in perfect as the closer and would be lights out in the AL

Why not dust off Dennis Eckersly too. Wagner is shot.

[EmpireMaker]

Maybe it's time to upgrade Marmol?

Marmol is as inconsistent as they come

[EmpireMaker]

STL has changed to Rosenthal as their closer, he hasn't been great but not horrible either. He throws heat and the Cards could give him a fair number of chances this season, a possible sleeper in deeper leagues.

[LordVodka]

Never liked him or Marmol.

[darrell74]

Mr. Drama, Rod Allen has called him. (YODA talk)

I'm drunk, sorry, I'm gonna go play pok-ah, who wants my points !!!!!

[Mitchell88]

STL has changed to Rosenthal as their closer, he hasn't been great but not horrible either. He throws heat and the Cards could give him a fair number of chances this season, a possible sleeper in deeper leagues.

yea he can throw some heat and will get the chances. It would have to be deep to take him though

[LT Profits]

STL has changed to Rosenthal as their closer, he hasn't been great but not horrible either. He throws heat and the Cards could give him a fair number of chances this season, a possible sleeper in deeper leagues.

He could just be a temporary fix though, the Cardinals change closers seemingly once a month.

[Wrigley]

Also he takes for evr to throw the dam ball

[dudekid]

i wouldnt look too much into rosenthal as the closer any time soon...while he does have the pitches to become one, he doesnt seem to have the mental makeup or control...being a closer is way more than just about having the pitches, mujica is a veteran that can induce ground balls, get big outs, and he now has the trust...a low whip/era are also key which rosenthal does not have

as for valverde, its being reported he lost a good amount of weight and is in better shape, hitting mid 90s on his fastball (hit 95 the other night) im not saying hes an elite option but i dont think he will be killing fantasy owners

[EmpireMaker]

Rosenthal is a deep league guy I took him in 1 very deep league, he has potential.

[LT Profits]

Rosenthal definitely has the "stuff", he had one outing recently where he threw 12 fastballs and 11 of them were at least 99 MPH. If he could get control of his off speed stuff, he could be an ideal closer. That is easier said than done though one month into the season, he should have been working on that in the off-season/exhibition games.

[dudekid]

i agree LT he definitely has closer pitches but needs to control them