Fantasy Baseball Closers

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Updated by David Regan
RotoWire Staff Writer

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Team	Closer	Stability	Health	Other Candidates	Updated
ANA	Brian Fuentes	High	Good	Justin Speier, Darren Oliver, Jason Bulger, Rafael Rodriguez, Kelvim Escobar (injured - shoulder), Jose Arredondo (minors), Scot Shields (injured - knee)	6/18
Notes:	6/15: A strength in past years, the Angels' bullpen is now a disaster. K-Rod is gone, Scot Shields is done for the year (knee surgery), and ace set-up man last year Jose Arredondo, has been shipped to Triple-A he was so bad. Even Brian Fuentes has a 4.71 ERA. It's looking like Kelvim Escobar will spend some time in the pen and should Fuentes struggle, Escobar could see time as closer. There really are no obvious options behind Fuentes at this point. Update: Escobar to the DL for a least a week (retro). 5/1: Fuentes recorded his second BS/L combo on Friday in a tough 10-9 loss to the Yankees in New York. Fuentes' ERA now sits at 7.87 and one would think his job is in jeopardy, but where would the Angels turn? Scot Shields and Jose Arredondo have been brutal, so perhaps Justin Speier (5.00 ERA but a 9:2 K:BB in nine innings)? 4/28: Fuentes allowed a HR to Baltmore's Adam Jones Tuesday before recording his fourth save in five opportunities. Fuentes has had his struggles so far in 2009 with a 6.43 ERA, though 10 strikeouts in seven innings is encouraging. Fuentes is in no danger of losing his job, especially with Scot Shields (9.39 ERA) and Jose Arredondo (5.00 ERA) struggling as well. 4/11: Fuentes blew the save in the Nick Adenhart game, and there's no chance he loses his job this early, but you can't help wonder how this will affect his psyche. Then there's the fact that he lost the closer job to Manny Corpas in 2007. He'll remain a bit risky in 2009, with Scot Shields as his likely 2009 successor and Jose Arredondo more of a long term option.