Quote Originally Posted by traderumor View Post
Really? Various people argue his save record to you? I would say Cordero is good because he has rarely left a game he has come into with a lead and left without that lead, esp. if he is not inheriting someone else's mess. It may not be pretty with his nibbling tendencies with two strikes that have his walk rate too high, but he is holding leads, all but a few times in many, many chances this year. Isn't that a reliever's job?
That's not my stance at all. I'm arguing that he's not a lights out closer as all the announcers and several on this board claim.