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ANALYSIS: Joakim Soria is now the closer in Detroit. Run to your league's waiver wire and pick him up immediately. In standard 5x5 leagues that preciously value saves, Soria is worth a pretty penny of your FAAB budget.
Joe Nathan was placed on the DL with a flexor strain in his pitching elbow. There is no prognosis for Nathan as of yet, but elbow injuries frequently turn out to be quite serious, so Soria will be shutting the door on the 9th inning for the Tigers for the foreseeable future. You can see our full MLB closers & saves depth charts updated here.
In 44.1 IP last year, his first back from Tommy John Surgery, the Mexecutioner, as his mother and friends were known to call him, had a dominant 9.7/1.2 K/BB ratio. Soria throws a five pitch mix which is a deep repertoire for a closer. His fastball, cutter, slider and curve were all above average pitches, so it's evident Soria has the goods to take the job and run with it in Detroit. It woudn't shock us in the slightest to see Soria rack up 20-30 saves in 2015. Pick him up now if you need help in saves or even as a bargaining chip to tuck away for later in the year.
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