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Fantasy Baseball Closer Hot Seat: Chicago White Sox bullpen, more
by Tim Heaney
on August 15, 2011 @ 11:37:16
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What are the odds that you still own the relief pitchers you rostered in your fantasy baseball draft? KFFL.com's Fantasy Baseball Closer Hot Seat series gives you no-nonsense ratings of performances, injuries and managerial decisions in MLB bullpens. Get your arm loose: Let's find fantasy baseball players in your rotisserie or head-to-head baseball league who'll get saves. Key
Chicago White SoxCloser: Sergio Santos, Chris Sale Understudy: Matt Thornton Lurkers: Jesse Crain, Jason Frasor
It's not just a casual approach anymore: When the Kansas City Royals had a lefty bat due up in the first and third spots of a Sunday save sitch, Sale entered and retired all three hitters, recording the closure and officially invading Santos' territory. Earlier this past weekend, Santos had a meeting with Ozzie Guillen and Don Cooper and was told that Chicago will continue to play the matchups. When left-handed sticks bookend the three opponents due up, that favors Sale. A leadoff lefty followed by righties would help Santos; Chicago has used the Sale- or Thornton-to-Santos play a few times already. You were warned about how this mixing and matching could pilfer saves from the White Sox's lead closer. Dropping Santos is foolish - he's still the Sox's first choice - but unless your league mates aren't paying attention, it'll be hard now to receive full value for him in a trade. Sale is worth a grab; he won't return consistent value, but potentially plucking one or two saves every week or so could help down the stretch. Thornton hasn't been used in as many tight situations as Sale has; the vet is a secondary gamble. Job security score: 3 Health score: 5 Mound meetings
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