PT TOMORROW: AL East—TOR closer call won’t come quickly
Feb 22 2016
The Blue Jays brass have announced that they don’t intend to do fantasy owners any favors, waiting until late in the spring to declare a winner for the team’s closer role between new acquisition Drew Storen (RHP, TOR) and last year’s ninth-inning man Roberto Osuna (RHP, TOR).
BaseballHQ.com currently allocates 70 percent of Toronto’s saves to Storen, 25 percent for Osuna. Why might such a projection make sense?
For one, for all the controversy swirling around him after the Nationals acquired Jonathan Papelbon (RHP, WAS), Storen’s skills barely wavered.
In addition, Storen historically done a superior job of keeping the ball on the ground, though last year it was a bit of struggle for him. That may be a particularly...
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