Closing Time: Adam Ottavino grabs the Colorado baton

Youth has finally been served in the Colorado bullpen. Rockies manager Walt Weiss made it official Tuesday: Adam Ottavino is the new closer. Number zero in your program, number one in your hearts.

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Ottavino's line from 2015 validates the promotion. He's only allowed two baserunners over 5.1 innings, piling up 10 strikeouts. His first conversion opportunity came Tuesday night at San Francisco and it was a daisy, three strikeouts on 15 pitches. Everyone shake hands, go attack the spread.

Ottavino is 29 years old, which makes him a pup in the Colorado bullpen. Opening-day closer LaTroy Hawkins is 42, and Rafael Betancourt is closing in on 40. Betancourt was called upon to work the eighth inning Tuesday – a day after a surprising save of his own – which further underscores the new pecking order.

You might worry about the new closer when Colorado returns home, but surprisingly, Ottavino has handled Coors Field reasonable well since joining the Rockies three years ago: 3.39 ERA, 1.24 WHIP over 127.1 innings. That's pitching with no fear. He's averaged a strikeout per Mile High inning.

His long-team sustainability might come down to the platoon splits. Ottavino has owned right-handed batters through his career (.233/.293/.364), but the numbers spike against the sweet-swinging lefties (.319/.396/.469). Not every opponent will have the lineup shape or bench depth to make Ottavino pay for this bias, but it's something that bears watching.

If you're in a casual-save chasing pool, you still have some time to get in. Ottavino is owned in a modest 28 percent of Yahoo leagues.

That's your first item for business on this fantasy Wednesday. Refresh liberally; we'll have more bullets shortly.

• For three years, Fernando Rodney has been the ultimate no-respect closer. Despite 133 saves and strong ratios, he's often been treated as reliever non grata by the fantasy public. Memories of the erratic Detroit experience apparently die hard..

But just when Rodney drags us in, maybe he'll push us away again. He's suffered two meltdowns in the last three Seattle games, the latest one in Tuesday's 6-5 loss at Chavez Ravine.

On one hand, the Tuesday night giveaway doesn't look that bad. The three hits Rodney allowed were singles, none of them scorched (the game-winning hit came on a broken bat). A five-pitch walk to Adrian Gonzalez can be partially discounted, given how sizzling Gonzalez has been this year. Rodney's early velocity readouts are similar to last year.

Then again, we get worried when the seasonal pitching ledger shows four walks against just one strikeout. And Rodney isn't fooling anyone with his stuff this season, posting a minuscule 4.5 percent swinging-strike rate through his initial four appearances. We're also talking about a 38-year-old pitcher; the circus leaves town for everyone eventually (the old Salfino line).

Obviously we're just a week and a half into the season, you don't want to get silly with reactions. That said, if there's one position teams are tempted to be trigger-happy with changes, it's the closer spot. Seattle has a strong bullpen working in front of Rodney; I can't blame anyone who makes a speculative play on Danny Farquhar or Yoervis Medina.

• Shane Greene was an afterthought in many drafts this spring, hopping off the board in less than five percent of Yahoo Leagues. Two starts later, he's over the 50-percent ownership level. Sixteen scoreless innings will do that to an ownership profile. The latest bagel parade came Tuesday at Pittsburgh.

Greene's sneaky success story in New York last year was based on a bunch of ground balls (50 percent), a strong strikeout rate (over one per inning) and a reasonable walk rate (3.3/9). Thus far in Detroit, it's been a slightly different frame: the ground balls are still there, but Greene's strikeouts and walks have tumbled significantly (eight whiffs, one free pass).

Ah yes, the old Doug Fister route to success.

Greene's lot in life was trickier last year, as he had to deal with the short right-field porch in Yankee Stadium and some spotty defense up the middle. A shift to the AL Central is a wonderful thing, where most of the parks are reasonable and the lineups non-threatening. Having Jose Iglesias at shortstop doesn't hurt, either. If I were shuffling starting pitchers right now, Greene would sneak into double digits.

• Steven Souza didn't do much in the opening week, but his bat has come alive in the Toronto series. He reached base twice in Monday's opener, then put on his own special Tuesday (titanic homer, steal, bunt single, game-winning run).

The Rays have used Souza in the No. 2 slot for every game but one, which tells you how they feel about him. I still expect a fantasy-useful season here.