Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitchers

Andrew Bailey is an all-star.
Forgive yourself if you didn’t have Bailey on your 2009 Sleepers List for your fantasy baseball draft.
Bailey was a long-shot to earn a spot in the Oakland A’s bullpen this Spring.  In fact, Bailey had never pitched beyond Double-A.
And, when he did pitch at Double-A Midland in the Texas League last year, [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired Mark DeRosa from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for relief pitcher Chris Perez and a player to be named later.
It’s hard to understand why DeRosa continues to get traded, except for the fact that the Indians, 11 games behind Detroit already, have given up for the 2009 season.  DeRosa becomes [...]

Brad Lidge was even more perfect than the World Series champion Phillies in 2008.  He didn’t have a single blown save.
What a difference a  year makes.  Injured in the Phillies World Series dogpile after earning the strikeout that gave Philadelphia its first title since 1980, Lidge was not himself in the early going in 2009.  [...]

At Fantasy Baseball Dugout, we’ve made a living off of our Baseball’s Hottest Wives posts.  They are, by far, the most popular posts on the entire site.
Soon, we will be debuting the Baseball’s Hottest Wives 2009 edition.
In the meantime, you’ll have to settle for Baseball’s Hottest SISTER–Amanda Aardsma.  She’s first in the alphabet and first [...]

If you drafted Brad Lidge as your closer, you probably didn’t follow our fantasy baseball relief pitchers advice: draft closers late, but always get one more than your competition.
After the season Lidge had last year, who wouldn’t want Lidge on their fantasy baseball team this year?  Lidge was perfect last year–41 for 41 in save opportunities [...]

If you play fantasy baseball, you know that WHIP has nothing to do with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn.  You also know that it has nothing to do with a Devo song even if you do “WHIP it good.”  Jockeys don’t carry the fantasy baseball version.  A dominatrix won’t earn any extra money with [...]