Top Bullpens

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:17 pm

We have threads for the top Lineups and the top Rotations... now it's time for the bullpen! Post your bullpen here!

Brewers · Post by **Brewers** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:24 pm

Top candidates (alphabetically)...

Correia, Kevin
Hennessey, Brad
Johnson, Tyler
Moseley, Dustin
Ohman, Will
Putz, JJ
Riske, David
Wasserman, Ehren

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:28 pm

Boston's much improved bullpen:

Cl Pat Neshek 2.94era 70ip
SU R1 Manny Delcarmen 2.05era 44ip
SU R2 Kobayashi n/a
SU L1 Okajima 2.22era 69ip
LOOGY1 Ray King 4.76era 39ip
LOOGY2 John Grabow 4.53era 31ip
Long Brandon Lyon
Mopup Billy Buckner

other potentials depending on splits
Craig Hansen

BlueJays · Post by **BlueJays** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:23 pm

CL - J. Papelbon
Setup 1 - Krod
Setup 2 - Shields
Setup 3 - Bradford
Setup 4 - V. Chulk
Setup 5 - E. Ramirez - may slide up on projection.
LH 1 - Flores*
LH 2 - Sanchez*
LH 3 - Thatcher*
Long 1 - Doug Davis*
Mop Up - Pat Misch*

Other Potential Candidates:
Lee Gronkiewicz
Paul Estrada
Matt Albers
Pedro Viola*
Fabio Castro*

Giants · Post by **Giants** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:47 pm

Closer - Huston Street (A's Closer)
RHSU - Chad Qualls (Presumptive DBacks Closer)
LHSU - Taylor Tankersley (Eventual Marlins Closer)
MR - Chad Cordero (Nationals Closer)
MR - Dennys Reyes (Kills lefties, injured in 2007 but check 2006 stats)
MR - Trever Miller (Awesome in 2006, less so in 2007, we'll see)
MR - Braden Looper (Could be the Cardinals ace until Carp returns, he doesn't even make my rotation).

Pirates · Post by **Pirates** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:18 pm

Scott Linebrink 5-6 3.71
Jensen Lewis 1-1 2.15
Bobby Seay 3-0 2.33
Brian Shouse 1-1 3.02
Eduardo Morlan
Jaime Vermilyea 0-0 0.00 2k's
Lincoln Holdzkom

Cubs · Post by **Cubs** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:24 pm

Takashi Saito
Manny Corpas
Justin Duchsherer

Lefties
Randy Choate
Matt Thornton

Mike Timlin
Doug Slaten
Yasuhiko Yabuta
Jon Meloan

Nationals · Post by **Nationals** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:11 pm

CL: Billy Wagner
Set-up R: Kevin Gregg
Set-up R: Rafael Betancourt
Set-up R: Saul Rivera
Set-up R: Juan Rincon
Set-up L: Jimmy Gobble
Set-up L: Alan Embree
Long L: Glen Perkins

Rays · Post by **Rays** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:51 pm

Jose Valverde CL

Duaner Sanchez
Matt Guerrier
Casey Janseen

Macay McBride*
Dan Meyer*

Julian Tavarez (Long)

Angels · Post by **Angels** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:17 am

Indians bullpen - probably gonna go 7-deep due to an older starting staff, but that could change:

CL - Brad Lidge
RH - Santiago Casilla
RH - Jason Frasor
RH - Angel Guzman
LH - Ron Mahay
LH - Darren Oliver
Long relief/mopup - Edgar Gonzalez

Also in the mix depending on projections:
RH - Greg Aquino
Long relief/mopup - Matt Belisle

Padres · Post by **Padres** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:50 am

Bullpen:

CL - Matt Capps - 64/16 K/BB, 2.28 ERA, 1.01 WHIP w/ 18 saves
SU - Octavio Dotel - 41/12 K/BB, 4.11 ERA, 1.34 WHIP w/11 saves
SU - Matt Lindstrom - 62/21 K/BB, 3.09 ERA, 1.30 WHIP
SU - Jerry Blevins* - 3/2 K/BB 9.64 ERA, 2.64 ERA and 102/18 K/BB, 1.63 ERA, 0.93 WHIP (AAA, AA & Hi-A)
SU - Fernando Hernandez* - 84/23 K/BB, 3.06 ERA, 1.13 WHIP (AA)
LR - Jeff Bennett - 14/3 K/BB 3.46 ERA, 1.31 WHIP

One or more of the following might make it in depending on his projection, if not they are simply considered "futures":

Logan Kensing - 13/7 K/BB, 1.35 ERA, 1.35 WHIP
Warner Madrigal - 75/23 K/BB. 2.07 ERA, 1.10 WHIP (Lo-A)
Juan Morillo - 71/31 K/BB, 2.55 ERA, 1.46 ERA (AAA & AA)
Scott Patterson - 92/15 K/BB, 1.05 ERA, 0.78 WHIP (AAA & AA)
Jeff Stevens - 102/25 K/BB, 2.81 ERA, 1.00 ERA (AA & Hi-A)

Dodgers · Post by **Dodgers** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:38 am

Joakim Soria

Juan Cruz
Cla Meredith
Russ Springer
Eric Gagne
Aaron Fultz
Derrick Turnbow

I may go 8 deep and use one of these guys depending on their projections:
Yorman Bazardo
Craig Breslow
Jon Coutlangus
Brad Salmon

Twins · Post by **Twins** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:21 pm

CL: Carlos Marmol
SU: Chris Perez
SU: Hong-Chi Kuo
MR: Dana Eveland
MR: Ambiorix Burgos
LR: Cha Seung Baek

Yankees · Post by **Yankees** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:13 pm

Cl - Brian Wilson - 1-2, 2.28 era, 0.97 whip, .188 baa, 18/23.2 k/ip
Su - Aaron Heilman - 7-7, 3.03 era, 1.07 whip, .224 baa, 63/86 k/ip
Su - CJ Wilson - 2-1, 3.03 era, 1.21 whip, .208 baa, 63/68.1 k/ip
Mr - Michael Wuertz - 2-3, 3.48 era, 1.37 whip, .234 baa, 79/72.1 k/ip
Lh Sp - Royce Ring - 2-0, 2.70 era, 1.50 whip, .186 baa, 21/20 k/ip

5 Battling for 2 Spots:
Kevin Hart - 0-0, 0.82 era, 1.00 whip, .189 baa, 13/11 k/ip
Brian Wolfe - 3-1, 2.98 era, 0.99 whip, .224 baa, 22/45.1 k/ip
John Bale - 1-1, 4.05 era, 1.55 whip, .290 baa, 42/40 k/ip
Ryan Franklin - 4-4, 3.04 era, 1.01 whip, .234 baa, 44/80 k/ip
Geoff Geary - 3-2, 4.41 era, 1.44 whip, .283 baa, 38/67.1 k/ip

WhiteSox · Post by **WhiteSox** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:41 pm

Closer:
Mariano Rivera

Setup Men:
BJ Ryan
Rafael Perez
Mike Gonzalez
Joel Peralta
Scott Proctor

Long Relief:
Joe Beimel
Kyle Farnsworth
Russ Ohlendorf

Wild Card:
Joba Chamberlain

Phillies · Post by **Phillies** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:04 pm

Francisco Cordero - 2.98/1.11 44 saves .218 BAA 86K/18BB 63.1 IP
Justin Speier - 2.88/0.96 .202 BAA 47K/12BB 50IP
Bob Howry - 3.32/1.17 .245 BAA 72K/19BB 81.1 IP
Renyel Pinto - 3.68/1.31 .222 BAA 56K/32BB 58.2 IP
JC Romero (NL stats) - 1.24/1.10 .202 BAA 31K/25BB 36.1 IP 15 hits allowed
Dennis Sarfate - 1.08/0.72 .172 BAA 14K/1BB 8.1 IP
If I carry seven its between Mike MacDougal (3 year stats should give decent projection), Scott Mathieson or Jason Hammel

Rangers · Post by **Rangers** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:18 pm

My pen sucks:

Jason Isringhausen
Leo Nunez
David Weathers
Manny Acosta
Fernando Nieve
Jose Ascanio

...but I have a jillion relief prospects to compensate:

Ascanio
Luis Pena
Jason Motte
Samuel Gervacio
Ernesto Frieri
Wilfredo Perez
Tony Sipp
Mark Melancon

...and potentially:

Jake McGee
Julio Pimentel
Tommy Hunter
Kelvin de la Cruz

On a related note, I'd be interested in trading for a good reliever.

Orioles · Post by **Orioles** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:31 pm

CL Trevor Hoffman, R [2.98 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 61 G, 57.1 IP, 49 H, 42 SV, 44 K, 15 BB]
SU Luis Ayala, R [3.19 ERA,1.30 WHIP, 44 G, 42.1 IP, 43 H, 28 K, 12 BB]
SU Jamie Walker, L [3.23 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 81 G, 61.1 IP, 57 H, 41 K, 17 BB, .216 BAA vs LHB]
MR Justin Miller, R [3.65 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 62 G, 61.2 IP, 53 H, 84 K, 24 BB, .184 BAA vs RHB]
MR Jeremy Affeldt, L [3.51 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 75 G, 59.0 IP, 47 H, 46 K, 33 BB]
LR LaTroy Hawkins, R [3.42 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 62 G, 55.1 IP, 52 H, 29 K, 16 BB]

Others: Henry Owens, Adam Miller, Gio Gonzalez, Bob McCrory, Charlie Morton, Zach Duke, Boof Bonser, etc.

BlueJays · Post by **BlueJays** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:41 am

So is the "top pens" actually going to get ranked unlike the "top lineups" and "rotations"

Mariners · Post by **Mariners** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:20 am

Losing Joel Zumaya for most of '08 is gonna be a tough pill.

Bobby Jenks - CL

Brandon Morrow - RHSU < .211 vs RH
Boone Logan - LHSU < .221 vs LH

Bill Bray - LHMR < .158 vs LH
Joey Devine - RHMR < .211 vs RH

Manny Parra - Long Man (& starter)

Carlos Rosa - Mop Up

With 1.0 IP in the Majors Ross Detwiler is the only '07 player "guaranteed" to be in the DB, so I'm sure I'll be mixing him in.

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:02 pm

Reds wrote:So is the "top pens" actually going to get ranked unlike the "top lineups" and "rotations"

Once I have enough submissions to rank them, yep.

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