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   Fantasy Baseball Closer Hot Seat - NL

by Tim Heaney on March 3, 2011 @ 03:28:44 PDT

 

 
 

 
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In fantasy baseball, the closer position remains volatile. Rarely does every closer hang on to the job for an entire season - injuries, poor performance and managerial decisions cloud a team's bullpen picture.

Should you be concerned about a struggling stopper? Which relievers are climbing the depth chart? Have any injuries popped up? KFFL.com's Fantasy Baseball Closer Hot Seat keeps you informed when you're looking for saves.

Key

Job security (JS) score 1 (unstable) to 5 (untouchable)
Health (H) score 1 (injury-prone) to 5 (durable)

 

Los Angeles Dodgers

Closer: Jonathan Broxton

Understudy: Hong-Chih Kuo

Nathan's fire, Feliz's LT value:

AL Hot Seat | Depth charts

Lurkers: Kenley Jansen

Brox primarily threw fastballs in his first spring action, retiring three of the four batters he faced Monday. It's early, but skipper Don Mattingly was merely glad Broxton didn't have much trouble.

The righty is considering throwing more split-finger fastballs this season but hasn't shown a heavy desire to do so. Given he was struggling so much with his top two pitches last season, it'd be interesting for him to experiment with a third. It's a possible avenue for him to rediscover his high 2009 grounder rate. It's just another layer of Broxton's recovery to watch.

Job security score: 3

Health score: 4

Mound meetings

  • Los Angeles Dodgers RP Jonathan Broxton
    Time to split?
    After an unproductive session of tossing batting practice Monday, Brian Wilson tested his back, where he was experiencing discomfort, by throwing some BP Thursday. He reportedly gave it a full go with decent results. The San Francisco Giants' stopper should appear in game action soon. Monitor this, but there's no indication he won't start the season on time.
  • Heath Bell (calf) threw batting practice Wednesday and will pitch in a game in the next three or four days, per San Diego Padres manager Bud black. No reason to worry.
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Fantasy Baseball Closer Hot Seat | AL depth charts | NL depth charts

About Tim Heaney

Tim's work has been featured by USA Today/Sports Weekly, among numerous publications, and recognized as a finalist in FSWA's awards. The Boston University alum competes in Tout Wars and LABR and has won numerous industry leagues in both baseball and football.

During baseball and football season, he's on The Reality Check with Glenn Clark every Wednesday on 1570 AM WNST in Baltimore. He hits the airwaves every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. ET on Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio, where he often crashes other shows, as well.


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