{"playerId":1334,"percentChange":-0.1,"averageDraftPosition":260,"percentOwned":0,"playerRaterSEASON":-0.7,"playerRater7DAY":0.3,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Perkins (leg) tossed a scoreless inning Sunday against the Royals.","spin":"He walked one and gave up a hit, but Perkins appears to be OK after falling down the stairs at his house earlier this week and being unavailable to pitch Friday.","date":"Mon Apr 30"},"fullName":"Glen Perkins","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Perkins is the Twins' reliever most deserving of a chance to close, but because Matt Capps is back under contract for a healthy $4.75 million, Perkins might never get the opportunity. Perkins generates both strikeouts, averaging 9.49 per nine innings in 2011, and ground balls (50.1 percent the past three seasons combined), a combination that makes him a low-risk ratio helper in AL-only leagues. This kind of skill set is what often gets a pitcher promoted to ninth-inning duty in the event of catastrophic injury to the incumbent. In other words, if Capps goes down, Perkins could become a hot in-season pickup.","seasonId":2012,"date":"Fri Feb 10"},"playerRater30DAY":0.2,"playerRater15DAY":0.6,"positionRank":138}