Aroldis Chapman was a trendy young pitcher in the preseason as a replacement to closer Francisco Cordero if Cordero were to struggle, but now Chapman is suffering from velocity issues. In his latest outing, which was his 4th in 5 days, his fastball was down to as low as 92 mph, and in a meeting Wednesday with Dr. Timothy Kremchek, he was diagnosed with inflammation of his pitching arm. He'll definitely take a few days off, and if it doesn't get better, he may get put on the 15-day DL to get a lengthy rest.

What can I say about Matt Thornton, Chris Sale, and the rest of that White Sox bullpen? Manager Ozzie Guillen was angry in Wednesday's postgame press conference, stating his team "has no closer," which is just a roundabout way of saying it'll be a committee for a while. I believe Thornton will still get the next save chance despite his performances thus far. The man that maybe should get a chance is Sergio Santos, who has not allowed an earned run in 7.2 innings pitched and has struck out 9 guys in those innings. Until one guy steps up and get the job done, the committee will likely be a mix of Thornton, Sale, Santos, and Jesse Crain. Unless you are desperate, there is no one White Sox closer that needs to be owned until the situation sorts itself out.

Young Guns

After winning the closer job in Atlanta over Jonny Venters, 22-year-old Craig Kimbrel has been nothing but solid in the 9th inning. He has allowed no earned runs on 2 hits in 5.1 innings pitched, while striking out 10 batters and walking just 1. His K/9 rate has been exactly what owners expected from him and he is owned 100% of leagues. If you have a skeptical owner in your league, he is absolutely worth trying to trade for, as there is no sign of him slowing down.

26-year-old Jonathan Broxton struggled last year for the Dodgers in just his 2nd year in the closer role, and even briefly lost the job to Hong-Chih Kuo. This year, however, he is 5 for 5 in save attempts despite giving up at least one walk or one hit in 4 of his 5 appearances. He's always been a high ERA and WHIP guy but in 2009, his best year as a closer, he had 114 strikeouts in just 76 innings pitched, giving him a K/9 of 13.5. If you can take the hit at ERA and WHIP, his strikeouts and wins will be a major asset. If not, this may be a good time to sell high on Broxton.

John Axford has stuggled a bit this year in what was supposed to be his first full year closing for the Brewers, rocking a 8.44 ERA and a 2.06 WHIP in just 5.1 innings pitched. However, the 28-year-old has successfully closed his last 3 opportunities and looks to be turning it around. The Brewers bullpen isn't exactly filled with proven guys to take his place in case of failure, so Axford's leash seems to be long. If he were to blow a couple in a row though, they could give a couple save chances to 23-year-old lefty Zach Braddock. Axford owners should keep close attention to the situation there.

Finally, Florida seems pretty happy with what they've got in 27-year-old Leo Nunez as their closer, making him the man for the 3rd year in a row. He has delivered so far in this season with 4 saves and no blown saves, while only giving up 2 earned runs in 7 innings pitched. Nunez was a guy you could have gotten at the end of your draft and could have top 10 closer upside. If he can keep closing games and keep his ERA and WHIP down, he may be one of the top values in every fantasy draft.

Blown Save of the Week

This week's anti-award goes to a pair of Minnesota relievers just last night as both Joe Nathan and Matt Capps blow save opportunities in a 10 inning 4-3 loss to the Rays. Nathan came into the game with a 2 run lead, and gives up 2 earned runs on 2 hits and 1 walk to tie the game. Cesar Ramos started the top of the 10th for the Rays and Kyle Farnsworth returns the favor by giving up an RBI single to Danny Valencia, giving the Twins a 3-2 lead. Matt Capps enters the game, allows Sam Fuld to get on base with 1 out, and giving up a walkoff home run to blow his own save attempt. 2 blown saves in spectactular fashion earn Nathan and Capps the Blown Saves of the Week.