Monday, April 9, 2007

Closer Alert!

In what could be a sign that the Jorge Julio experiment is already over, Henry Owens saved the Marlins' 5-3 victory over the Brewers tonight. He gave up a single to Prince Fielder, and took 19 pitches to get through the 9th, but unlike JJ, Owens threw mostly strikes.

For the year, he hasn't allowed an earned run in 5 innings, but he also has exactly zero strikeouts in those 5 innings- not a great statistic for a 9th inning guy. Plus, he turns 28 in a few weeks, has 9 big league innings under his belt, and has 5 career walks and just 2 career wiffs.

Julio's been awful, no doubt (0-1, 16.88 ERA, 9 hits, 4 walks, 0 K's in 2 2/3), but I'm not sure if Owens is the long-term answer for the fish.
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2 comments:

Eric said...

Wow, this is useful fantasy information. Oh wait, Dave already picked him up in every league possible 3 pitches into the 9th.

April 10, 2007 at 7:28 AM
Mike said...

Wait Jorge Julio isn't good?

Also, this is another reason why I don't do well in fantasy. I don't find out about things like the Lidge or Julio situation until the next day and I get the information from a competitor's blog.

April 10, 2007 at 10:20 AM

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