Minnesota Twins' Alexi Casilla, left, celebrates with bullpen catcher Mike Redmond after Casilla singled in two runs in the ninth inning to give the Twins a 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners in a baseball game Tuesday, April 7, 2009, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)
One thing fantasy writers have been getting right these past few seasons is not to spend too much of your budget on closers. Matter of fact picking closers this season has been next to impossible because so many teams are so undecided and so many announced closers are going to into the season so new their job is so on the line. So here you go. Two days into the season, and Jason Motte the Superior got torched by the Pirates on Opening Day for four runs and a loss in the 9th inning. And the Cards sent Chris Perez down. My Aventura League saw Motte the Invincible go for as much as Jenks, with 90 saves.
I see that Lyons landed a loss for the Tigers today, wasting an Ed Jackson effort, and Brandon Morrow, the answer to all of Seattle's prayers, just met fate in Minnesota. The picture is of Alexi Casilla celebrating after a game winning hit off Miguel Batista, who came into the game as the almost closer after Morrow loaded the bases.
Closers, can't win with 'em, and can't win with 'em. But let's not forget that talented athletes have a way of rising to the occasion too when the game is on the line. The best meets the best and sometimes we get to see the worst. Welcome to the club, Jason Motte and Brandon Morrow.
No shock here, this is what I said this past weekend.
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