Indians Catch A Lucky Break

Zach and Pete will probably touch on this in the daily wrap up, but news like this deserves its own post and I had a little free time so I thought I would pop into Rotonomics and give it proper respect. Its been almost a year since I was blogging full time, and it feels good to be back, temporarily. Anyway...

Last night the Indians caught a lucky break when Joe Borowski went down with an injury. He'll be placed on the 15-day DL and won't be out nearly the whole year, but you might as well let him go in favor of Rafael Betancourt. Borowski likely won't earn his job back when he returns. Betancourt may very well be owned in your league already, but if he isn't grab him. Masahide Kobayashi is next in line after Betancourt and is also worth a look in deeper leagues now.

I'm probably being facetious saying the Indians caught a lucky break. Obviously, losing depth in your bullpen is never a good thing, but leaving Borowski in the closers roll was the wrong decision to start with. When you drafted him, you knew he wasn't going to make it the whole season. Although the Indians couldn't, consider this just another sunken cost and make the switch in your bullpen. In case you're in a really deep league, the other guys who will benefit from this move are Rafael Perez and Jensen Lewis.

It's been fun, hopefully this helps all the Borowski owners out there make a decision. Perhaps I'll pop in again sometime.