There was a light slate of games in Major League Baseball today with only 5 games. The good news is for closer owners, each game had an appearance from a closer.



Papelbon rebounded nicely from his last two games striking out one and giving up a hit recording his 13th save of the season. He looked very sharp and looks back full strength. There were some concerns that Papelbon could be hurt or just have a tired arm. That was not the case today.



Kerry Wood looked outstanding nailing his 8th save throwing a perfect inning in a 2-1 win against Tampa Bay. He struck out one and lowered his ERA to 6.35. We still think Wood is one of the worst closers in the American League, but for now he is on a 2 save streak.



Chad Qualls saved his 12th game of the season pitching a perfect inning for the 5-2 save. Qualls has been a very pleasant surprise so far in 2009 even with a 3.43 ERA. I recommend trading him if you can get value for him at this point.

Other Appearances:
Ramon Troncoso (3) - Broxton was given the night off after throwing 38 pitches yesterday. Torre screwed Broxton owners out of a save pitching him yesterday.

George Sherrill - Sherrill looked great. His last pitch for a ground out was one of the best out pitch curveballs I've seen from Sherrill in a long time. He threw a perfect inning.