Bottom of the Ninth: Every Closer Be Shuffling for @Razzball

Bottom of the Ninth: Every Closer Be Shuffling for Razzball: http://razzball.com/bottom-of-the-ninth-every-closer-be-shuffling. A fantasy baseball and roto analysis of the bullpens and closers in Major League Baseball, specifically: Grant Balfour, Brian Fuentes, Ryan Cook, Scott Downs, Jordan Walden, Joel Hanrahan, Brandon League, Huston Street, Kenley Jansen, Javy Guerra, Hector Santiago, Matt Thornton, Addison Reed, Dylan Axelrod, Frank Francisco, Jon Rauch, Bobby Parnell, Matt Capps, Glenn Perkins, Deolis Guerra, Heath Bell, Edward Mujica, Steve Cishek, Juan Cruz, Jason Grilli, Huston Street, Andrew Cashner, Ernesto Freiri, Tom Wilhelmsen, Brandon League, Rafael Betancourt, Matt Belisle, Rex Brothers, Kyle Farnsworth, Fernando Rodney, fantasy baseball, roto and much more!

I wrote the Closer Section of @TheFantasyFix Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide

The guide and my analysis isnt free, but totally worth the price of admission (like $4.99): http://www.thefantasyfix.com/2012-baseball-draft-guide.html.

I include a nifty closer chart breakdown modeled on Batman and cover Carlos Marmol, Joel Hanrahan, Rafael Betancourt, Sergio Santos, Joe Nathan, Jordan Walden, Addison Reed, Matt Thornton, Grant Balfour, Brian Fuentes, Fautino de los Santos, Javy Guerra, Kenley Jansen, Jim Johnson, Kevin Gregg, Jason Berken, Matt Lindstrom, Brandon Lyon, David Carpenter, Wilton Lopez, Anuery Rodriguez, Wesley Wright, Sean Marshall, Vinnie Pestano, Chris Perez, Frank Francisco, Jon Rauch, Andrew Bailey, Mark Melancon and much more!

h2h Corner ~ the Closer Carousel (Updated per Orioles)

As Kevin Nealon said, “yeah, lot of pressure. You gotta rise above it. You gotta harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. Feel the flow, Happy. Feel it. It’s circular. It’s like a carousel. You pay the quarter, you get on the horse. It goes up and down and around. Circular. Circle. With the music. The flow… all good things.”

It is no different than with a majority of major league closers. Sure some are like violent roller coasters (Armando Benitez, Jose Mesa) and some are like the teacups (Mariano Rivera), but most are in the muddy middle. Thus introduces your weekly reliever mash-up.

h2h Corner ~ the Closer Carousel (update)

As Kevin Nealon said, “yeah, lot of pressure. You gotta rise above it. You gotta harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. Feel the flow, Happy. Feel it. It’s circular. It’s like a carousel. You pay the quarter, you get on the horse. It goes up and down and around. Circular. Circle. With the music. The flow… all good things.”

h2h Corner ~ Red Light District IV, the Closer Carousel

They do most of their work late at night, often after most upstanding fantasy managers have gone to bed. They necessitate early checking of box scores and Fantasy Baseball 101 to see if they secured the win for the home team. They are your average, everyday closers. And that is the best way to describe this Motley Crew – average. Any average reliever, if he’s asked to record the game’s final three outs, can make a half-way decent closer. So, you never pay for saves, which oddly enough is the first rule of closers.