Nathan’s ERA Great, But Closer Needs More Chances

Joe Nathan fantasy baseball owners have been frustrated all season long with the Minnesota Twins’ under use of their top-notch closer. It seems like Nathan doesn’t get as many opportunities to close out games when compared to other closers in the Central Division, partly because the Twins haven’t won as many games as the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, but also partly because the save situations haven’t come up. Joe Borowski of the Indians isn’t anywhere near the caliber of pitcher Joe Nathan is, but somehow he has managed to gather eight more saves on the year. Todd Jones of the Tigers is another shaky closer, with an ERA near five, but he too is ahead of Nathan in saves with 27. Even Bobby Jenks, the Chicago White Sox bullish save man has six more saves than Nathan, and the White Sox are behind the Twins in the standings. Nathan is an extremely valuable player to the Twins, but his value can unfortunately only be measured by how much the Twins can use him. Joe Nathan is a definite fan favorite and the HHH Metrodome goes crazy when he takes the mound. Nathan can definitely help sell Minnesota Twins Tickets as long as he is in the game doing his job. Let's go Twins!