Baseball Prospectus | Expanded Horizons: Best Non-Closers
"1. Michael Wuertz (2.21, 3.13)
Wuertz’s slider is truly a sight to behold, and many hitters have walked red-faced back to the dugout after beholding it dart through the zone for a backwards K. Though pitchF/X data tell us his fastball sits around 91 mph, the slider is more than enough to make him among the most dangerous non-closer relievers in baseball. Because he plays in a pitcher-friendly park and generates plenty of ground balls, he’s likely to continue to succeed in 2010."
For those not so sabermetrically inclined, the English title is "Sleeper Closers".
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