According to Tribune reporter Mark Gonzales, Bobby Jenks may be even more on the hot seat than I had previously speculated today...
The heir apparent would be one of the two set up men- either JJ Putz or Matt Thornton. I would prefer the latter.
Quick lines on this bizarre love triangle:
Jenks - 6.75 ERA, 2.17 WHIP, 2.29 K/BB, .352 opponent average
Putz - 4.91 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 5.33 K/BB, .238 opponent average
Thornton - 2.35 ERA, .72 WHIP, 8.33 K/BB, .154 opponent average
Clearly, if you can read numbers and understand how they work in basic relation to one another, you will see that there is no proper choice but Matt Thornton to be the next closer. Having said that, I eagerly anticipate Ozzie doing something wholly different.
Back to the Tribune article- the open poll asking people who they feel should be the Sox closer right now stands as follows: Thornton 45%, Sergio Santos 32%, JJ Putz 12%, and Jenks 11%. All that this proves is that 55% of Sox fans are morons, and that 32% of that group don't realize how hard Sergio Santos is going to get pissed on once the league really figures out that all he has is a fastball.
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Re: Santos - you're wrong. Right on the rest, though.
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