After a few quiet saves days, closers gave us a nice Friday. There was 11 saves in the league today starting with Trevor Hoffan's 12th save. the old-timer continues to sizzle in 2009 with his 12th straight save in as many chances. He has yet to give up a run and has a stellar 0.49 WHIP. Hoffman is making allot of the young closers look bad.

Another oldy, but goody Mariano Rivera recorded his 10th save of the season. Rivera struck out two to preserve the 3-1 win for the Yankees. It was Rivera's first save in 8 days ending a long drought.

Brad Lidge pitched a perfect 9th with 2 strikeouts to get his 10 save of the season. Lidge is still a closer I wouldn't want, but today he earned his stripes. At this point it is touch-and-go for Lidge owners every time he goes out there.

Frank francisco also continued his scoreless streak capping a 6-3 win for the Rangers. He has yet to allow a run this season and his WHIP remains very low at 0.85. We were high on Francisco coming into the season ans he hasn't let us down. He setup man CJ Wilson got the save in the night cap of the doubleheader.

Huston Street continues to prove he is the closer in Colorado and frankly they have no one else. He closed out the 3-0 win over the Padres Friday night with a perfect inning. It was his 8th save of the season. It was his 7th straight save since returning to the closer role.

Over in Chicago, Kevin Gregg also earned his 8th save in an almost effortless inning against the LA Dodgers. Both closers looked strong today.

Other Appearances:
Scott Downs (6) - The Blue Jays finally won and Downs closed out the game nicely.
Randy Choate (1) - Got the call for the Rays. Is he the next closer in Tampa. I doubt it. Madden will go with whoever he feels the best with.
David Aarsdma (7) - Wasn't the prettiest save, but he got it. Morrow should be ready for the job soon.

Brain Wilson (11) - A perfect inning from an underrated closer.