Notes on Keith Foulke

Closer candidate Keith Foulke retired last week, and even though we have other closing options and we knew he was injury-prone going in, his loss really hurts. Although Joe Borowski is a serviceable replacement, Foulke had been truly dominant in the past and had a much higher upside. Its hard for me to believe that we can win a championship with Joe-Bo shutting the door. With that said, its not uncommon for closers to emerge out of the woodwork like Adam Wainwright did with the Cards last year, and the Indians have a lot of young and talented arms either in or on the verge of the majors that could potentially close by mid-season. Could Jason Davis, lefty relief prospect Tony Sipp, or dare I say young phenom Adam Miller (a la Papelbon) supplant Borowski by September? Its not out of the realm of possibility, and because we have so many other options I still feel like the Tribe has a shot.