Four Indians have chance to close: Indians manager Eric Wedge pulled RP Rafael Betancourt from the closer's role Friday, a day after he had to be replaced in the ninth inning of a 4-2 win over Oakland. Wedge said he will use Betancourt, Masahide Kobayashi, Jensen Lewis and Rafael Perez interchangeably at the end of games. "I look at it like we have four guys I feel comfortable using in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, depending on the matchup and availability," Wedge said. "That's how I'm going to play it out. I'm not going to say somebody is or somebody isn't (a closer). I feel we can be comfortable using all four of those guys." (Updated 05/16/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/22/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Wedge wasn't comfortable picking one player as the closer, but you can rest assured if he does, it won't be Betancourt. We say Kobayashi, who bailed out Betancourt on Thursday and has two saves already, is the one to own of the four, but keep in mind full-time closer Joe Borowski should return from the DL in a couple of weeks. (Updated 05/16/2008).
No information available at this time.
Four Indians have chance to close: Indians manager Eric Wedge pulled RP Rafael Betancourt from the closer's role Friday, a day after he had to be replaced in the ninth inning of a 4-2 win over Oakland. Wedge said he will use Betancourt, Masahide Kobayashi, Jensen Lewis and Rafael Perez interchangeably at the end of games. "I look at it like we have four guys I feel comfortable using in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, depending on the matchup and availability," Wedge said. "That's how I'm going to play it out. I'm not going to say somebody is or somebody isn't (a closer). I feel we can be comfortable using all four of those guys." (Updated 05/16/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/22/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Wedge wasn't comfortable picking one player as the closer, but you can rest assured if he does, it won't be Betancourt. We say Kobayashi, who bailed out Betancourt on Thursday and has two saves already, is the one to own of the four, but keep in mind full-time closer Joe Borowski should return from the DL in a couple of weeks. (Updated 05/16/2008).
= probable start
