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BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 18% of leagues
ANALYSIS: With a week of the season left, if you are in need of saves you will be willing to take them from wherever you can get them. So the fact that a team's closer is available in 82% of leagues is pretty staggering. But that's exactly where we are with Stefan Crichton. There should be no doubt he is the Diamondbacks closer having secured Arizona's last four saves, all in the space of eight days. His emergence from seemingly nowhere may have caught fantasy managers by surprise but that should be corrected this weekend.
Crichton has had himself a solid season even without the saves with 24.2 IP, 2.55 ERA, 1.26 WHIP and 23 Ks. The Diamondbacks have the fifth worst record in baseball but as mentioned, he's still managed to secure four saves since last Friday. His schedule next week is favourable too with six home games, two against the Rangers (last in runs scored) and four against the Rockies (tied 27th runs scored in road games). Crichton could easily find himself with three more save opportunities next and against low scoring offenses so shouldn't have any problem converting the chances which come his way. Crichton should certainly be rostered in more than the 18% of leagues he currently is.
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