{"playerId":1334,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":204.7,"percentOwned":100,"playerRaterSEASON":3.2,"playerRater7DAY":0.1,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Manager Ron Gardenhire said Perkins would pitch Wednesday against the Red Sox regardless of the score of the game, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.","spin":"Perkins hasn't pitched since May 9 after developing soreness on his left side, but he'll been available out of the bullpen the last few days without getting the call to the mound. Gardenhire is simply looking for him to get some work after not pitching in any of the last five games.","date":"Wed May 15"},"fullName":"Glen Perkins","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Perkins might be the most deserving closer no one knows about. That's perhaps due to one of two things: (A) He spent the earlier stages of his career as more of a LOOGY (Left-handed One-Out GuY); and (B) once he graduated into a ninth-inning role, he had to settle for a share of the ninth-inning chores with right-hander Jared Burton. A Perkins-Burton partnership could be in the cards for 2013, considering managers' historical reliance upon right-handers rather than left-handers in the closer role, but Perkins has skills and stats that could elevate him. He went 12-for-13 in save chances with a 1.93 ERA, 0.58 WHIP and 11.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio in the second half last season, and in 2012 overall he limited right-handed hitters to .241/.297/.424 rates, making him a much more balanced reliever. AL-only owners might like a pitcher like this piecing saves together on the cheap, and if Perkins captures the full-time role, he'd be a bargain bet in all mixed leagues.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Wed Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":2.1,"playerRater15DAY":1.3,"positionRank":19}