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    Padres 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    For 4 million, you get the keep the services of Heath Bell from arbitration and possibly get a large sum of money.

    ERA under 3? Check
    Good WHIP? Check
    Probably someone you don't want to meet in a dark alley? Check

    First year as a closer, it was a pretty successful one. Does he pull it off again so he can break the bank with San Diego or, likely get dealt to another team and break someone else's bank?

    Closer Heath Bell agrees to one-year, $4 million contract with San Diego Padres - ESPN
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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    LeagueTeamyearsRecordWild CardDivisionPennantsTitles
    MSLSan Diego Padres2034-20592,217-1,9951631
    TBLArizona Diamondbacks2005-20181,216-1,0531963
    TSSLSan Diego Padres2015-2021, 2024-20281,017-9280732
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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    Quote Originally Posted by Kingdom_of_Zito View Post
    ERA under 3? Check
    Good WHIP? Check
    Probably someone you don't want to meet in a dark alley? Check
    LOL, let's wait until Bell has closed a meaningful game until we crown his ass, okay? We just saw Broxton, Lidge, Franklin, Street, Fuentes, Papelbon, and Nathan each cost their respective teams dearly in the playoffs. Bell has shown nothing so far to indicate that he would've handled pressure any better than those guys.

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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    Quote Originally Posted by realmofotalk View Post
    LOL, let's wait until Bell has closed a meaningful game until we crown his ass, okay? We just saw Broxton, Lidge, Franklin, Street, Fuentes, Papelbon, and Nathan each cost their respective teams dearly in the playoffs. Bell has shown nothing so far to indicate that he would've handled pressure any better than those guys.
    Every closer blows playoff games... Mo started the 2004 choke against the Red Sox, Hoffman blew that game in the WS way back when...

    Mo and Paps are 2 of the best playoff closers in a long time so we'll see if Bell can handle the pressure
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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    I am pretty interested in Bell and Bailey (from Oakland). It's fun to watch new closers come in and make a name for themselves. Some stick and some don't. But Bell fit in real nice last year as a replacement for Hoffman.

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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    Closing meaningful games wasn't on the check list. I guess one of Broxton's gopher balls plunked you in the face, caused you to be cross eyed. Fitting.
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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    Oh, sorry, I assumed the most meaningful step of achieving dark alley badassery status as a closer is to have actually closed meaningful games. Yeah, he's awesome because he gets to go golfing during the entire playoffs and completely avoid the possibility of being a playoff turkey.

    And Broxton served up a bounteous one more gopher ball than Bell last year. One. Wow, you got me.

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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    He can't close a meaningful game until he plays in one.
    LeagueTeamyearsRecordWild CardDivisionPennantsTitles
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    TBLArizona Diamondbacks2005-20181,216-1,0531963
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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    I simply can't blame a closer for a team's inability to contend. Unless the closer is an obvious part of the inadequacy, we can't fault his not being able to be a part of a category that he has not reached. I don't even look at his ability in a big game because we don't know if he can handle it or not. I definitely can't handicap his ranking because of how his entire team has performed.

    He can be compared stats wise, but to compare him to those who are perennial playoff contenders is impossible because the category should not even be accessible for those who have not done it. You simply never know until he gets there.

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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    Ugh, fuck Broxton. It hurts even more that Brian Wilson, who I had hoped would fold under pressure in the playoffs, got the job done.

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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    Maybe the Cardinals will trade you Ryan Franklin for some Broxton love.
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    Re: 42 saves comes cheap this day and age

    What the hell does this have to do with Broxton or Brian Wilson?

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