August 4th, 2010 --- Written by
ep
Major League Baseball’s trade deadline is a busy time for fantasy owners, especially those of you in AL- and NL-only leagues. But for those of us in leagues that count holds, this was just as a busy deadline. Several moves made closers setup men and setup men closers leaving us with a lot to sort [...]
July 27th, 2010 --- Written by
jzak
Ever watch a row of dominoes fall, one after the other. It all starts with an ever-slight nudge on the first domino, and suddenly the chain reaction begins. Domino knocks down domino until there are no more dominoes left standing. With the recent Dan Haren trade to the Angels, expect the dominoes to fall one-by-one [...]
June 22nd, 2010 --- Written by
ep
There are some shaky closers out there and shakier bullpen situations just waiting to destroy head-to-head fantasy baseball ERAs. Let’s wade through some of the messiest of ‘pens and discuss what’s what.
April 16th, 2010 --- Written by
ep
We’re bringing back the whole Diamondbacks bullpen for the second consecutive night, because it is only fair to recognize consecutive feats of craptitude. For the second night in a row, Arizona relievers blew two saves in the same night, and the ringleader of this mess, once again, was Chad Qualls. They’ve got to get Qualls [...]
April 15th, 2010 --- Written by
ep
Jorge Cantu became the first player in major league history to have a hit and an RBI in each of his team’s first nine games. All I have to say about that is “Jorge Cantu? Really?” The Associated Press story said that the record dates back to 1920 when RBI became an official statistic. Dating [...]
April 6th, 2010 --- Written by
ep
I ran a list similar to this during the preseason that featured all of the closers and the setup men behind them. That list was based on 2009 saves. This time we’ve got legit 2010 rankings. No performances Sunday or Monday affected this list, so expect Jason Frasor to drop considerably before the next one.