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RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Yankees Getting 'Creative' With Closer Role

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🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including the Yankees' closer situation, injuries, two-start pitchers and more. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/The Yankees are getting “creative” with the closer role Pickups Luke Weaver Rhett Lowder - $2 Anthony Rizzo - $1 Casey Mize - $1 Jordan Walker Kyle Manzardo Andrew McCutchen Jack Leiter Adam Oller Griffin Canning Tommy Pham Others to consider if available in your league: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Connor Norby, Porter Hodge, Aroldis Chapman, David Peterson, Caden Dana Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 9, 2024) Charlie Morton 3 (Todd 4) Cade Povich 1 Kutter Crawford 2 Tanner Houck 3 Kyle Hendricks 0 Nick Martinez 1 Rhett Lowder 2 (Todd 1) Tanner Bibee 5 Ben Lively 3 Antonio Senzatela 0 Nick Nastrini 0 Keider Montero 0 Brady Singer 2 (Todd 3) Vallente Bellozo 2 Adam Oller 1 Aaron Civale 3 Paul Blackburn 1 Carlos Rodon 4 (Todd 3) JP Sears 2 Cristopher Sanchez 4 Paul Skenes 5 George Kirby 5 Robbie Ray 2 Jeffrey Springs 3 Taj Bradley 2 Nathan Eovaldi 4 (Todd 5) Chris Bassitt 2 MacKenzie Gore 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Yankees are getting creative with the closer role.

0:03.6

We'll talk about that and a whole lot more coming up on the Rotowire fantasy baseball podcast.

0:24.7

Hello and welcome to the Rototo Wire Fantasy Baseball podcast.

0:26.8

We are brought to you by Draft Kings Pick 6.

0:33.3

Use promo code RW picks for $50 in pick six credits with a $5 deposit.

0:39.4

I'm Clay Link of RotoWire.com here with FSWA Hall of Famer, the great Todd Zola.

0:47.0

And Todd, I picked up Luke Weaver last night because the Yankees saying essentially what I'm reading into it is that Clay Holmes essentially out of the role for New York.

0:51.1

Are you reading into that or are you saying not so fast?

0:54.5

I don't know that he'll get the next save opportunity, but I don't know that he's had his last either.

1:03.4

I can see that maybe trying to get him back in for the postseason.

1:06.8

Yeah.

1:07.4

I know we're talking Yankees, but I think the Dodgers are sort of in the same boat.

1:14.7

You know, they'd like to get Evan Phillips straightened out, trustworthy again, and the same with Clay Holmes.

1:21.3

And they both have got maybe some excess or younger starting pitchers on innings limits that they could

1:29.1

potentially transition to that role. And the Dodgers have done that in the past. So there's

1:34.5

precedent. So I think it's going to be a very, it's what, it's this three and a half weeks.

1:38.7

If we count the weekend series. It's an interesting three and a half weeks as far as roles and getting ready for

1:46.9

the playoffs, because these are, you know, these are two teams that can meet in the playoffs,

1:50.2

meeting the World Series without a closer, you know, without a lockdown trustworthy closer.

1:56.3

That's kind of where. Texas with Jose LeClerc last year, right? Maybe wasn't the most trustworthy guy.

2:02.5

But even so, it's kind of weird in today's game that two of the best teams are going

2:08.6

through this with three weeks left. Yeah, really good point. I was looking into it a little bit,

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