Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Do I drop Bobby Jenks for Drew Storen?

I would make the move. Note however, that Storen is not the full-time closer right now, he is still in a committee. You already have three solid closers though in Axman, K-Rod, and Capps, which is why I think you can afford to take the risk. If you only had two other closers or a few "meh" ones I would've said stay put. It seems Jim Riggleman (Nats skipper) is still not ready to trust Storen with the entire task of closing, so for now he remains in a timeshare with Tyler Clippard and Sean Burnett. Storen is however the "top option" in the committee so Riggleman may hand Storen the full-time job before the season's over. Ozzie Guillen (White Sox skipper) has not made an official decision. It seems he continues to back Jenks even though he's not doing too well or he's not even getting all the save opportunities. Even if he still has the job though, he has been too inconsistent. For now, it could be whether you want the saves (Jenks) or the good ERA/WHIP (Storen). Since you're already getting a good number of saves from your three other guys, I'd rather have the ERA/WHIP.

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