Fantasy Bullpen » Brad Lidge

Phillies offer 2 yr/$12 mil deal to Rodney.

Ryan Gilbert — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:48:12 +0000

The Philadelphia Phillies are considering signing Fernando Rodney to help bolster the back end of their bullpen. For the Phillies, Rodney would provide a safety net for Brad Lidge, as well as a bona fide set up man and fireballer, one thing the Phils have been lacking. All of the Phils relievers seem to be finesse pitchers, and Rodney would provide a great change for the pen. In 2009, Rodney threw 60.5% fastballs (95 MPH avg), 39.1% changeups, and 0.5% sliders. Rodney had a 57.9 GB% in 2009, a great percentage for a ballpark like CBP. Also, Rodney’s HR/FB rate was 11.8% in 2009, about average. Rodney has 70 career saves, as well as 29 career blown saves, with 41 holds. Rodney has spent his entire career in Detroit, a switch to the NL would certainly improve his numbers.

Rodney is also a proven postseason pitcher, although in just 7 2/3 IP, Rodney has allowed just 2 earned runs while striking out 9.

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Phillies & others interested in Mike MacDougal

Ryan Gilbert — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:29:34 +0000

The righty reliever has drawn interest from multiple teams, the strongest being from the Phillies.

MacDougal has closer experience, and despite his 4.31 ERA in 2008, he had 20 saves and just 1 blown save. MacDougal has a career total of 70 saves, with 19 blown saves, only 8 more than Lidge’s ’09 total. If MacDougal lands in Philadelphia, he might be able to pick up some saves.

MacDougal, who was non-tendered by the Nationals, had more walks than strikeouts last season. You shouldn’t expect a great season from him in 2010, but if he gets some saves, he could have value.

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End of season awards….

Alex Geshwind — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:15:24 +0000

I have to do this, and I have to beat ESPN, so here goes….

MVP – Alex Rodriguez - Alex Rodriguez was the best hitter in the American League this year. It’s just that simple. Rodriguez lead the league in OPS among batters with at least 500 plate appearances, and one of the top wOBA in the league. You could definitely throw Joe Mauer and Carlos Quentin in here, especially if you want to give it to a playoff team, but in the end I’ll give it to Arod.

Cy Young – Cliff Lee - I’m not looking at wins or era so how does this guy win? Easy. He has great control, can get the strikeouts, and keeps the ball in the park. Add that all together and he leads Major League Baseball in tRA.

ROTY – Evan Longoria - He may be a little overrated, actually he is, but he lead AL rookies in HR, OBP, and OPS so he’s an easy pick for this award.

Reliever of the year – Mariano Rivera - Saves are a stupid category, the bottom line is that Rivera dominated like few pitchers have and is the best reliever in the league. Krod is very overrated.

MVP – Albert Pujols - I don’t have to qualify this. Pujols. Is. God.

Cy Young – Tim Lincecum – This might be surprising, as I had Brandon Webb winning this a month ago. However over the last month, Lincecum has dominated while Webb has fallen apart. This lead to Lincecum’s tRA ending up better than Webb and his strikeout lead getting even more insane.

ROTY – Jay Bruce – Like Longoria, Bruce is an easy pick here and the guy we expected to win at the start of the year. Lead NL rookies in HR and finished second in SLG and OPS.

Reliever of the year – Brad Lidge - Like Rivera, he didn’t lead his league in saves but he was just the best pitcher to close out games this season. He is the NL reliever of the year.