Baltimore closer 2011

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Gonzaga Bulldogs. Broncos acquire LB Young in trade with Rams. Denver Broncos. Houston Astros. Chicago Bulls. Seattle Seahawks. New Orleans Saints. Atlanta Hawks. Everything you need to know about Astros-Braves World Series. The only downside he has presented thus far is his inability to show he can stay healthy during the grueling game season in his first two years in the MLB.

Manager Showalter has expressed his desire to remain open-minded with the closing situation, and has even suggested the possibility of having a closer-by-committee option, stating that he likes to go with the "hot hand"; in other words, whichever pitcher has a strong streak of great pitching going. Though I'm a person who enjoys looking at awesome statistics, like high batting averages or large save totals, I feel as though that would be the best option for the O's, at least going into the season, unless someone proves they're very obviously the best for the job in Spring Training.

Gregg's blown saves numbers scare me, as does Uehara's inability to stay healthy all year. Using each conservatively and interchangeably would maximize their abilities without over-exposing Gregg or over-working Uehara. During games where Uehara would be slotted to close it out, Gregg could help set-up, or Showalter could even use the both of them or three different pitchers in the 9th to throw the opposing batters in the on-deck circle off.

Whatever Showalter decides to do late in the ball game, he has plenty of options to work with, each of which being a solid one. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Is Peavy Worth a Look? Anything less than a 99 is uncalled for. We call him "The Baby Eater" for a reason.

Even though NT Terrence Cody has a respectable overall rating of 72, everyone should take notice of the love EA Sports gave him in other areas. This guy is going to be a beast. Judging by the reports during the off season for the Ravens, it seems that Paul Kruger will indeed be making the switch from OLB to DE, so he should probably be added to this squad.

Ellerbe MLB 71 83 88 69 85 69 89 90 85 85 75 85 45 63 83 88 73 80 56 T. Phillips MLB 64 76 71 74 70 62 86 89 79 55 64 83 52 48 79 66 86 70 53 J. Burgess MLB 51 72 83 65 75 59 78 80 91 76 82 66 52 74 49 85 52 65 What I immediately noticed when looking at the ratings for the Linebackers is that there are way too many on this list. Most likely at least 1 of these guys will not make the team possibly 2 because of how deep we are at other positions. Ray has always been around the 97 overall rating and this is the lowest I have ever seen him.

Still a beast though. Terrell Suggs power moves and finesse moves FMV ratings of 91 and 99 are very, very good. He is going to be a very good player in Madden One rating that I think Madden got wrong is Jarrett Johnson's speed rating of This guys was one of our best defenders last year and guys that are this good should not be rated as been so slow.

Hopefully this is fixed. Sergio Kindle looks to be a very good player in Madden as well. A 78 overall rating is very generous for a 2nd round pick. I fully expect Dannell Ellerbe's overall rating of 72 to shoot up to close to 80 towards mid-season once he takes over the starting MLB duties next to Ray. Zbikowski FS 76 88 85 68 87 70 95 90 95 45 88 57 72 75 79 77 88 72 84 21 L.

Washington CB 72 98 97 44 91 75 93 70 87 70 87 52 49 21 31 28 62 64 37 43 H. Williams CB 58 90 88 47 91 59 84 68 87 60 87 42 43 25 28 36 55 42 27 The first thing that stands out here is that there are a few players left off this list. I do not see this happening at all and expect the Ravens to keep up to 7 CB on the roster considering how shallow we have been at that position late in the season the past few seasons.

Glad to see Foxworth at an 82 overall rating, he is only going to get better. We have a very fast secondary, as most of you know, with 5 players in the 90's for speed. Tom Zbikowski getting a low swagger rating SWG of 45 does not make sense, but we will get into that later. Cundiff K 70 60 62 25 49 73 84 50 70 65 92 81 Sam Koch is going to boom some punts in Madden considering his 86 overall rating.