Closer Watch: 2011

[Judge Jude]

Unless an effective Padilla takes the gig.

It's a three-horse race, and don't ignore Padilla....

[YourPalChrisMal]

Unless an effective Padilla takes the gig.

It's a three-horse race, and don't ignore Padilla....

Jansen is the closer. Oh wait..... damn it.

[The Evil Empire]

Broxton is killing me. Trying to figure out id its Padilla or Kuo. Padilla looks like he would be next in line to me. Kuo has been hurt and innefective.

[Moonlight J]

This is why I just punt closers.....

[Judge Jude]

Me too, though I did FA pickups of Sanchez and Padilla. Not so bad when they're "free"....

[Jimmy Colorado]

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Jonathan Broxton has been shut down with pain in his throwing elbow.

Source is Ken Gurnick via twitter. Save situations have to fall to Padilla, no?

[overkill94]

Source is Ken Gurnick via twitter. Save situations have to fall to Padilla, no?

Definitely Padilla in the short-term, most likely Kuo once he regains his form. Jansen could get back in the mix if he impresses in AA and puts together some more dominant outings at the major league level.

[bweiser831]

so is broxton going to the dl by tomorrow?

[Controller Jacobs]

5/4. Lyons had been getting lucky recently (last 4 appearances included 3 wins each with 2 hits and a run.) The luck ran out today in a bad way

Bottom 9th: Cincinnati
- B. Lyon relieved J. Fulchino
- D. Stubbs walked
- D. Stubbs to second on wild pitch
- C. Heisey singled, D. Stubbs to third
- J. Votto singled to right, D. Stubbs scored, C. Heisey to second
- B. Phillips singled to right, C. Heisey scored, J. Votto to second
- J. Bruce doubled to right, J. Votto scored, B. Phillips to third

3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors
Houston 2, Cincinnati 3

[overkill94]

so is broxton going to the dl by tomorrow?

For now they say it's too early to tell. I'm guessing they'll have him try to warm up tomorrow and if he still feels pain they'll send him in for an MRI. If he goes on the DL, it probably wouldn't be until the end of the week.

Edit: Turns out they sent him in for the MRI today and will decide whether he goes on the DL pending the results, so a decision will probably be made tomorrow. Then again, they'll have to find an MRI machine big enough to house Broxton - might have to skip on over to the LA Zoo.

[BuckyBuckner]

One funny bit from the whole Broxton fiasco:

"But first, Mattingly had more pressing matters to attend to: finding a MRI tube large enough to fit the 300-pound Broxton.

"I'm serious," Mattingly said."



Edit: He apparently had elbow discomfort even through the offseason and the Dodgers didn't investigate it at all.

Are the Dodgers running their medical staff based on the Mets staff?

[Davros]

Edit: He apparently had elbow discomfort even through the offseason and the Dodgers didn't investigate it at all.

I guess the next question is whether the lack of an MRI was due to the medical stuff diagnosing that one wasn't needed at the time or because of a mandate by the front office to not spend the money they didn't have.

[Northern Lights]

Melancon going to replace Lyon?

[doc]

I nabbed Melancon and Padilla today.

[dutch boy]

So I've been running out as my 3 closers:

Hanarahan
Rauch
Boggs
----
Got Padilla last week (using him in an sp slot, so really a bonus closer).

Would you drop Rauch and Boggs to go after Sanchez, Kuo, and/or Melancon???

Any insight welcome...