Guillen 'leaning' toward Cishek as closer : Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said on Monday that he is leaning toward using reliever Steve Cishek for save situations moving forward, reports the South Florida Sun Sentinel. However, Guillen stopped short of naming him the full-time closer and added he may go with other options late in games. "Maybe. All a sudden you may see someone else. I don't know yet," Guillen said. "Some manager came up with that name, some genius guy [said], 'This is my closer.' The one you have more confidence in is the one who will close." (Updated 05/07/2012)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
While Chisek appears to be the front-runner to take of the closing duties, Guillen would not give him an all-out endorsement on Monday. Mujica has recorded each of the last two saves for the Marlins and is the other likely candidate to see some opportunities to close out games moving forward. Fantasy owners should keep an eye on how things play out over the next week. In the meantime continue to view Mujica as a low-end option in NL-only formats. (Updated 05/07/2012).
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The Fantasy Baseball 360 crew has the latest with the Marlins closer situation surrounding Edward Mujica and Steve Cishek. Watch it here!