Melancon is now CL1

Brian McTaggart quotes Mills saying that, in Lyon's absence, Mark Melancon is your closer. Not bad for a guy who, one year ago, was a reliever in Scranton-Wilkes Barre.

Here's the tale of the tape:

Player	K/9	BB/9	AVGa	BABIP	GB/FB	LD%
Melancon	6.89	3.45	.233	.292	5.00	21.7%
Lyon	3.97	2.38	.389	.417	1.77	21.5%

Courtesy of Brooks Baseball, we see that Lyon threw his fastball at an average of 89.75mph, topping out at 90.3mph. Melancon has been averaging 92.1mph on his fastball.