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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Canadian John Axford is out as the Cleveland Indians closer. Indians manager Terry Francona announced the move before Saturday nights game against Tampa Bay. He met with the Simcoe, Ont. native prior to batting practice. Axford is 1-3 with nine saves and a 4.91 ERA in 17 games in his first season with the Indians. He has really struggled in the last week, and was pulled in the ninth inning of Clevelands 6-3 win on Friday night. "We told him, for now, were going to kind of get you out of that role and try to get you in some situations where we can get him on a roll again," Francona said. "I told him numerous times, because I mean it, the goal is to get him back as our closer, and I think he understands that. I dont want him to do it in like two days because I dont want some Band-Aid. I want him when he gets it, to take it and stay there," he said. A group of four relievers that includes Cody Allen, Scott Atchison, Marc Rzepczynski and Bryan Shaw could all get opportunities to fill the role. "The one thing I assured them is that when we get to the ninth, whoevers pitching, were not going to have four guys warming up because we think youre good," Francona said. Axford was signed to a one-year, $4.5 million contract as a free agent in December after pitching for Milwaukee and St. Louis last season. The one-time Brewers closer had 105 saves from 2010-12, and converted 49 straight save chances during a stretch. The Brewers traded an ineffective Axford to St. Louis in late August. Axford became a reliable reliever for the Cardinals down the stretch and pitched for them in the World Series. The Indians hoped the 31-year-old righty would do well replacing former All-Star closer Chris Perez, now with the Los Angeles Dodgers. But Axfords rough patch started last Sunday, when he gave up a three-run homer to Dayan Viciedo in the ninth inning of a 4-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox. The next day, Eduardo Escobar homered in the 10th off Axford and lifted Minnesota to a 1-0 win. Axfords latest tough outing came Friday night. He entered in the ninth with a 6-2 lead, but gave up David DeJesus RBI double with two outs and then walked Ben Zobrist to load the bases. Allen replaced Axford and got a fly ball from James Loney on a 3-2 pitch for his first save. Cheap Jordan 12 Uk . - The Seattle Seahawks have signed nine players to 2014 future contracts, including quarterback B. Jordan 12 For Sale Uk .com) - Oregon wasnt going to let Arizona ruin its national title dreams for a second straight season. http://www.airjordan12uk.com/. 5 Trade Deadline is drawing closer and teams will be deciding on whether to buy or sell. Cheap Jordan 12 For Sale . LOUIS -- The St. Air Jordan 12 Retro Uk . According to TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie, the deal will pay Schenn $2.25 million in the first year and $2.75 million in the second year. In 82 games with the Flyers in 2013-14, Schenn scored 20 goals and added 21 assists.As the bulk of fantasy football leagues enter playoffs this week, several of the games top performers have something in common besides putting up the most points.Theyre the value all-stars — players who were drafted more cheaply than the top options at their position.And theyre on more teams headed to the playoffs than any other players as Week 14 shifts largely toward a single-elimination tournament.Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck is on 15 per cent of fantasy playoff teams, according to data from CBS Sports leagues.Part of that is because hes the top scoring quarterback in fantasy with 286 points in standard scoring formats awarding 4 points per passing touchdown. But for his owners, hes even more valuable because he was the sixth quarterback drafted on average in Yahoo leagues, behind Atlantas Matt Ryan and Detroits Matthew Stafford.And Stafford is at the top of a less desirable list as the quarterback most often on fantasy teams that missed the playoffs — 9 per cent of teams out of the title hunt, according to CBS Sports.Here are some other players who proved themselves the most valuable breakout stars or biggest fantasy busts this season:___ANTONIO BROWN VS. BRANDON MARSHALLIn 12-team Yahoo leagues, it took an early second-round pick to land Marshall, the Chicago wide receiver known for getting a lot of looks from quarterback Jay Cutler. Brown was drafted about one round later, in the early third.But Brown is on 14 per cent of playoff teams while Marshall is on 10 per cent of teams that didnt make the fantasy playoffs in CBS leagues.Easy to see why: Brown has been the top wide receiver in the game with nearly double Marshalls yards while Marshall has been a middling second wide receiver, with fewer fantasy points than New Englaands Brandon LaFell and Cincinnatis Mohamed Sanu.dddddddddddd.___LEVEON BELL VS. LESEAN McCOYPittsburghs Bell is on 13 per cent of playoff fantasy teams while McCoy of the Eagles is on 9 per cent of teams not in the playoffs, CBS said.Before the season, McCoy was in the debate as the No. 1 overall draft pick as Yahoo, ESPN and CBS differed between him, Adrian Peterson and Jamaal Charles.Bell, however, was the 13th running back off the draft board in Yahoo leagues. He wont be next year.___DeMARCO MURRAY VS. FRANK GOREIts hard to overstate how valuable Murray has been in fantasy leagues this year as the top running back. The Dallas runner averaged 15.8 fantasy points per game compared with 14.5 points per game for Marshawn Lynch, the No. 2 running back. Hes on 13 per cent of playoff fantasy teams, according to CBS.Gore was much more of a value pick as a sixth-round pick in 12-team leagues, yet hes on 9 per cent of teams that missed the playoffs.___EMMANUEL SANDERS VS. CALVIN JOHNSONDetroit wideout Calvin Johnson really put fantasy players in a bind this year: You dont just quit on a player as talented as him, even though he was out several weeks with an injury. Still, at some point you need players to come through, making it unsurprising that hes on 9 per cent of fantasy teams that didnt make the playoffs in CBS leagues.Denvers Sanders is on 12 per cent of fantasy teams that made the playoffs on CBS, and tied with Philadelphias Jeremy Maclin as the fourth-best fantasy wide receiver this year.___OTHER PLAYOFF ALL-STARS: Demaryius Thomas, Matt Forte, Maclin, Arian Foster.OTHER PLAYOFF DUDS: A.J. Green, DeSean Jackson, Larry Fitzgerald, Andre Johnson.___Oskar Garcia can be reached on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oskargarcia ' ' '