Fantasy Baseball: Seattle Mariners Game Number 162

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Hands down, Fernando Rodney is the best closer in the game. He successfully closed a league leading 48 saves out of 52 opportunities. Those numbers broke the Mariners single season record for saves and tied his career best.
The road was not an easy one. Many would consider Rodney’s ninth inning heroics more like a daily heart attack. He finished the year with 2.85 ERA and 76 strike outs in only 66.1 innings pitched. His WHIP was more like a STROKE sitting at 1.34 WHIP, but he did end up getting the job done in the long run.