The Chicago White Sox reversed course last week on their announcement they would be moving Chris Sale from the rotation to the closer role. Sale made just one appearance in out of the bullpen and then was moved back into the rotation with a start on Saturday against Kansas City. Manager Robin Ventura has three players to [...]
 
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There were huge shakeups in bullpens all around major league baseball last week as injuries and ineffectiveness led to changes with some of the premier closers from last season in fantasy baseball. Mariano Rivera was lost for the season with a torn meniscus and ACL and the New York Yankees will now turn to David [...] Manager Don Mattingly of the Los Angeles Dodgers may be moving toward a change in the ninth inning roles of Kenley Jansen and Javy Guerra after Jansen picked up two saves last week while working four scoreless innings with seven strikeouts. Jansen has a 2.45 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and has totaled 24 strikeouts in 14 [...] The Toronto Blue Jays placed closer Sergio Santos on the disabled list at the end of last week with inflammation in his shoulder. Santos is scheduled to be examined by Dr. Lewis Yocum for structural damage which means he could miss two weeks or possible longer depending on what they find. In the interim, Francisco [...] San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson is headed for a second opinion on his right elbow from Dr. James Andrews before deciding whether or not to have Tommy John surgery. Regardless if he has the surgery or not, he is going to be out quite awhile and manager Bruce Bochy has been talking up the [...] Toronto Blue Jays closer Sergio Santos blew his second save of the season against the Boston Red Sox tonight, allowing two hits, three walks and three runs scored in 2/3 of an inning before being pulled. He now has four walks and one strikeout in 2 1/3 innings and if he doesn’t get his performance [...] With two closers lost for the season in Joakim Soria of Kansas City and Ryan Madson of Cincinnati, it is time to revisit the the bullpen situations that were in question headed into spring training to see where things now stand. Cincinnati – with Madson lost for the season, Sean Marshall moves into the closer [...] With the volatility of the closer spot on major league baseball teams, it is important to have a good idea of who are the main players in the bullpen because 30+% of the teams in the league are going to have a new closer at some point in the season. Here is a look at [...] With the volatility of the closer spot on major league baseball teams, it is important to have a good idea of who are the main players in the bullpen because 30+% of the teams in the league are going to have a new closer at some point in the season. Here is a look at [...] With the volatility of the closer spot on major league baseball teams, it is important to have a good idea of who are the main players in the bullpen because 30+% of the teams in the league are going to have a new closer at some point in the season. Here is a look at [...] With the volatility of the closer spot on major league baseball teams, it is important to have a good idea of who are the main players in the bullpen because 30+% of the teams in the league are going to have a new closer at some point in the season. Here is a look at [...] With the volatility of the closer spot on major league baseball teams, it is important to have a good idea of who are the main players in the bullpen because 30+% of the teams in the league are going to have a new closer at some point in the season. Here is a look at [...] With the volatility of the closer spot on major league baseball teams, it is important to have a good idea of who are the main players in the bullpen because 30+% of the teams in the league are going to have a new closer at some point in the season. Here is a look at [...] With the Tampa Bay Rays trying to chase down the Boston Red Sox the last two weeks of the season, closer Joel Peralta has helped to shut the door in the ninth inning, collecting three saves last week with six strikeouts. Peralta now has a 3.06 ERA for the season to go with a .94 [...] Jason Motte has entrenched himself as the flavor of the month closer in the St. Louis Cardinal bullpen, collecting three saves last week in four innings of work with three strikeouts. I see that some owners are cutting Fernando Salas in keeper league formats which I don’t understand. With as much shuffling as the Cardinals [...] It depends how depserate for saves you are over the last few weeks of the season as to whether you want to risk carrying Bobby Parnell of the New York Mets on your active fantasy baseball roster. Last week Parnell collected four saves, but it came with a price tag of a 5.79 ERA and [...] Despite the return of closer Huston Street to the active roster, Rafael Betancourt remained at closer for the Colorado Rockies last week. Betancourt blew a save on Saturday night, but then got the ball again on Sunday and converted the save chance with a scoreless inning. The run allowed by Betancourt was his first earned [...] Closer Brian Wilson was placed on the disabled list by the San Francisco Giants which leaves a hole at the back of the bullpen. Jeremy Affeldt will get a look in the closer role, but with the depth of the bullpen and how well the relievers have been pitching, it is conceivable that Santiago Casilla, [...] A big reason that the Arizona Diamondbacks currently lead the National League West is because of the 1-2 punch in the back of their bullpen. Last week the team notched five saves as J.J. Putz collected three and David Hernandez picked up two. Hernandez has 11 saves to go with 17 holds on the season [...] Jon Rauch is still collecting saves for the Toronto Blue Jays but he has not looked pretty doing it. Rauch has allowed runs in four of his last five outings and surrendered 10 hits over his last 5 1/3 innings of work. Frank Francisco could see the next save opportunity with seven straight scoreless outings [...] |
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