{"playerId":2398,"percentChange":-0.7,"averageDraftPosition":260,"percentOwned":4.4,"playerRaterSEASON":0.3,"playerRater7DAY":-0.5,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Uehara came on with two men on and none out in the ninth inning Saturday and prevented the runners from scoring in his one inning of relief in Boston's win over Tampa Bay.","spin":"Joel Hanrahan had walked the first two batters of the inning before Uehara shut down the threat. He has made four scoreless appearances to start the season. It's unlikely he'll move into a closing role should Hanrahan's early-season control problems continue. Boston manager John Farrell's preference is to not use Uehara on consecutive days.","date":"Sun Apr 14"},"fullName":"Koji Uehara","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Nobody in baseball -- except perhaps Cliff Lee -- possesses Uehara's pinpoint control. He walked three batters (in 36 innings) the entire 2012 season; the closer ahead of him in the Red Sox bullpen, Joel Hanrahan, has walked that many in a game on four occasions in his career as a reliever. That helps keep Uehara's WHIP among the annual relief leaders, at least in seasons he's healthy enough to qualify, and it could make him a fill-in candidate midseason should Hanrahan collapse. Incredibly, though, Uehara hasn't done much in the holds category, with only 35 of 'em in his three big league seasons. This is ratio-seeking at its finest, and little more.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Wed Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":0.4,"playerRater15DAY":-0.7,"positionRank":72}