I see that Shingo Takatsu is no longer the ace closer for the White Sox. With a 12.16 ERA I can see why. Amazing that he got three saves already.

Looks like the White Sox are going to close by committee and Damaso Marte is on that committee. So I may end up with more saves than originally planned. Another member of that committee, Dustin Hermanson, is a Free Agent. No other UBL team has him. Is it worth my while to make a move for him? Since I never planned to make a run at saves, Dustin is a bit of excess luggage. It’s not like that, even between Marte and Hermanson, I will get enough saves by the end of the season to get more than 5 points in the category. There are other members of the committee. DH does have some good ERA and WHIP numbers though. And picking up some saves makes him a top prospect.

Question is: who do I exchange him for? Speier is my other setup reliever, and the natural candidate, but I have high hopes that he will end up as the ace Toronto closer in a few months. I like my approach of having 7 starters on my staff. This gives me the best opportunity to keep W and K numbers up. On the other hand, dumping someone like Lohse will help my ERA and WHIP numbers.

I don’t have to decide until Monday, so I will keep an eye on it. As the first place owner, I get last choice to select a FA, if any one else is considering this move, so it might be worth a non-commital gamble. (Is it really worth the $5 a Free Agent Move costs?)