Saturday, May 13, 2006

Odalis Perez closing?

A couple of words regarding a project advocated by some in various message boards and disussions forums regarding helping Odalis Perez regain his focus by inserting him into a closer's role:

Run for cover, 'cause Armageddon is coming!

In my opinion, though I'm happy to be proven wrong, Perez has *the opposite* of the mental make-up of a good closer. This is why I do not believe he'd make a good middle (long perhaps?) reliever, let alone closer.

My order of closing games right now is: Beimel-Saito for seventh-eight innings (who does which frame depends on the matchups) plus Broxton as closer to spell Baez from back luck. Once Gagne is back, ease him in in the eight innings first with either Broxton or Baez closing.

Never ever consider Perez as a viable option for saving games started by other people. On every other night, he cannot save even his own ones (I know I'm being cruel). Plus as far as I know, he's NOT a "take-it-for-the-team" teammate...

So - no.

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