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Fantasy Baseball 2009-Impact of Angels signing Brian Fuentes
Earlier in the week, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed former Colorado Rockies’ closer Brian Fuentes to a two-year, $17.5 million dollar contract with a club option for a third year. The Angels now have their replacement for Francisco Rodriguez, who signed with the New York Mets earlier this offseason. The Rockies simply didn’t have room in what is looking to be a crowded back end of their bullpen to retain Fuentes.
Fuentes had 30 saves in 34 chances in 2008 after regaining the closer’s role in Colorado, which he had lost in 2007. He is a three-time All-Star (2005-2007), and has 115 career saves.
Fuentes finished 2008 strong, going 16-for-16 in save opportunities and a 1.75 ERA after the All-Star break. Also, he had a 1.84 ERA on the road in 2008, so a move out of Colorado should be a move that will benefit him. He is also originally from Merced, California so he may have wanted to play closer to home as well.
Fuentes becomes part of a strong Angels’ bullpen, with setup men Scot Shields, Jose Arrendondo and others. That means he should get plenty of save chances as long as the Angel offense doesn’t suffer a too much of a drop-off without 1B Mark Teixeira.
Fuentes could be a nice potentially low cost-high upside fantasy closer in 2009, now that he’s pitching for a better team and will probably see more save opportunities then he has in the past. He’s got a chance to top 40 saves, and probably won’t cost you as much on draft day as the other closers that may put up similar numbers.
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