The Arizona Diamondback Closers' Mug: Round 2 - AZ Snake Pit
The preliminary results were a lot more or less as expected. 2 were utter blowouts, one was a landslide, however the 4th wound up be an affordable battle, albeit ultimately with a clear winner. Still, it establishes the semi-finals perfectly. Yet before we get to those, let's examine in with the preliminary match-upsRound one results # 1 Jose Valverde vs. # 8 Brandon Lyon: 95% ValverdePapa Grande stomped his way over Lyon, in an anticipated way. Valverde's role on the 2007 Diamondbacks, the last D-backs group to reach the Champion Collection was likely a huge variable right here, as he conserved 47 games as well as, never mind Cy Young (where he was 6th), Jose came 14th in MVP ballot that year, I believe possibly making him the only D-backs reliever ever before to be stated there. By coincidence, Lyon was the man who took over from Valverde, after the latter was traded to Houston following that 2007 campaign. His 42 conserves were divided throughout 4 years with Arizona, without ever being closer for a complete period. # 2 J. J. Putz vs. # 7 Gregg Olson: 96% PutzFor two years, Putz was amongst the very best closers in the majors. In 2011-12, he had 77 saves as well as a 2. 48 ERA: Craig Kimbrel was the only man with more saves and a lower age. But the wheels diminished in April 23, with four blown saves prior to he struck the DL. By the time he came back, he 'd shed the job to Heath Bell. Yeah. Regarding that. Olson had the thankless job of being the more detailed for the growth Diamondbacks in 1998, who weren't very great. He still took care of to save virtually half (thirty) of the group's sixty-five triumphes that year, as well as maintained the job in 1999, until some person called Matt Mantei got here in a trade. Whatever happened to him? # 3 Matt Mantei vs. # 6 Chad Qualls: 75% ManteiAh, there he is! This one was a little closer, and also I'm a little bit surprised it wasn't more detailed still. Mantei managed to get rid of being ranked # 12 in our Worst Diamondbacks Dealings. He was healthy and balanced and efficient for concerning one and also a half of the six seasons he showed up for Arizona: the second half of 1999, and after that 2003, when he had 29 saves to select a 2. 62 ERA. Qualls took control of as closer down the stretch in 2008 from Brandon Lyon, tossing 7 Personalized Jersey. 1 scoreless innings of two-hit sphere, which obtained him the task for Opening Day 2009. He was all right with 24 saves as well as a 3. 63 PERIOD, however crumbled in mid-2010. That included five consecutive appearances permitting at least a made run, acknowledging 10 emergency room over 3. 2 innings. # 4 Byung-Hyun Kim vs. # 5 Brad Ziegler: 59% ZieglerThis one could quickly have gone in any case. Kim perhaps had the far better regular-season numbers, however his efficiency in the 2001 Globe Series, blowing saves in both Games 4 as well as 5, is definitely what people bear in mind of his time with the Diamondbacks. The photo of him crouched down on the pile in Yankee Arena is indelibly burnt right into the memories of all Arizona followers that saw those games. Ziegler is intriguing, in that he was propelled right into the duty of closer. Over his first 312 periods right here, he was just in that function for the second half of 2013. Yet his 2015 campaign was just one of the ideal ever, with 30 conserves in 32 possibilities, part of a franchise document run of 43 consecutive save possibilities transformed. Round two polls # 1 Jose Valverde vs. # 5 Brad Ziegler Poll Who was the better closer?