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Diamondback’s closer Brandon Lyon has one win, one loss and one save with a 12.00 ERA in three innings of work. That’s not exactly the way he wanted to start the season, and calling his performance so far mediocre, is being rather nice.
However, manager Bob Melvin isn’t ready to pull the plug on Lyon’s closer days yet.
A day after his closer registered his second blown save in two chances, manager Bob Melvin stuck up for Brandon Lyon, saying that he’s not going to give up on his closer this early in the season.
“We have confidence in him,” Melvin said. “A couple of outings isn’t going to take away from the fact that this is a guy we expect to pitch the ninth inning for us. That’s the way it remains right now.”
Next in line to close games if and when Lyon does fall from grace is Chad Qualls, who has performed well to date. Qualls has pitched 5.1 innings in relief and has five strikeouts with four walks and a save. He hasn’t given up an earned run.
If you have Lyon on your fantasy baseball team and Qualls is available, you might want to run and grab him as insurance.
Unless Lyon turns things around, his closing days are numbered.
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April 8th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Where’s the love for Tony Pena? I was under the impression he was next in line.