Jonathan Papelbon hit the DL and it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Though, I'm using the archaic definition of nicer. An adjective which was once described a jerk off who went to Nice, France and hurled insults. Example, A nicer man would stand on the curb as Gerard Depardieu passed on his bicycle, screaming, "You are the fattest frog I've ever seen and I once force fed a frog to make frog foie gras." Filling in for Papelbon will be Shawn Kelley and Felipe Rivero. Rivero is a lefty, so his best hope for saves is a 9th inning that is lefty heavy like my Facebook feed from my Bernie Sanders-supporting friends. Of course, Dusty said he wouldn't commit to any one replacement because Dusty's gonna Dusty. He cited other possible candidates to close like Blake Treinen and Sammy Solis. I wonder if Dusty knows that's not the slugger he once managed in Chicago. "Sammy Solis, you came up short with McGwire, but I need you to close out this game. By the way, go easier on the skin whitening." That's Dusty while juggling the toothpick in his mouth. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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