David Aardsma of the Seattle Mariners will be this year's best closer. Seattle rebuilt itself this year by adding a defensive crew capitalized by Chone Figgins, and added Cliff Lee to make a solid one-two punch in its rotation.
Only one thing remains, a closer. Certainly with a team that many suspect to win the West and with two pitchers that will gain a pile of wins, saves would become a common feature in these low scoring games.
Well, it turns out, Aardsma was ready to be a good closer last year too. Before 2009, David had switched from team to team and never had an ERA below 4.00. Though his ERA was a horrific 5.55 in 2008 with Boston, Seattle must have seen something they liked and traded for Aardsma.
If you only took a quick look at Aardsma's 2009 statistics, you would still believe t ...
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