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Originally Posted by ambill10
Ryan Franklin should be the closer, although Motte got the chance on Opening Day. Franklin has closed ever since. Franklin has 66 Stuff due to 5 pitches all being either 42(3) or 57(2). He should also have about 10 more strike outs projected based on Fangraphs projections. The last year of his contract should be a club option.
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Also according to Fangraphs, Franklin picked up a cutter this season. It's now his second most used pitch (26.5% thrown as of this writing). Given that his slider and sinker are now his fifth and sixth most used pitches, they probably shouldn't be rated as highly. Also, one of his fastballs is a splitter, though he apparently hasn't been throwing that this year.
Geez. Forget closing. Prop him up and put him in the rotation, Cards.
