| Your Source For Yankee News
Wednesday December 25th 2024

Categories

2011 Fantasy Baseball Preseason Rankings: A “Closer” Look

pay for saves."

I'm sure that's a mantra that most, if not all, fantasy baseball players have heard when it comes to drafting closers. The standard logic behind that belief is solid. The early rounds are always used for building the foundation of your offense and choosing stud starting pitchers to help you in wins and strikeouts.

Closers are good for bolstering ERA and WHIP in small doses as well as being your only source of saves. So many closers come into the league on the waiver wire due to injuries and failed attempts, its usually not smart taking closers in the first eight to nine rounds in drafts.

The problem with that logic is that it doesn't take into account closers that are available a ...

Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - New York Yankees


Leave a Reply