Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitchers

Fantasy Baseball Dugout reader Keri Bush tipped us off to a hot baseball wife that deserves to be considered for our 5th Annual Baseball’s Hottest Wives contest in 2012. If you haven’t heard of Trey McNutt before, you had better start to take notice.  McNutt is currently the #2 pitching prospect in the Cubs organization.  [...]

This post was written and contributed by Kellen Hunter. Picks for 2012 During the fantasy baseball draft, nothing quite beats the thrill of getting the most in-demand players on your roster. If you’re serious about your team, you spend hours poring over predictions and stats, making your picks and setting your lineups. But sometimes, a [...]

Fantasy baseball draft strategy and fantasy baseball rankings are discussed by Ballpark Bob Bentz and Jonathan Bentz, editors of Fantasy Baseball Dugout, on the Spadora on Sports radio show.

Maybe we should add QR Codes to our articles.  Then, when information changes and what we’ve already written is no longer accurate, fans could scan the QR Code and get the latest information! On Tuesday, the Houston Astros announced that their closer will not be $5.5 million man Brandon Lyon, but veteran starter Brett Myers.  [...]

Ask and ye shall receive. Late last night we completed and published our first official 2012 ranking of fantasy baseball closers and relief pitchers. Check them out by clicking the link below. Top 30 CP/RP Rankings For 2012 To quickly summarize them… Our top 3 doesn’t look too much different from everyone else’s – Craig [...]

Ballpark Bob Bentz takes a look at the closer situations that are up in the air as Spring Training starts and who the sleepers might be.  Key situations to watch are with the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and Houston Astros. You can read more about the fantasy baseball closer [...]

One of the many flaws of fantasy baseball is that it doesn’t reward teams for having good middle relief or set-up men.  Holding a team in the 8th should be just as important as shutting them down in the 9th. But, it doesn’t work that way.  So, when we are talking about fantasy baseball relief [...]

The Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox made a trade last week that sent Astros’ closer Mark Melancon to the Red Sox in exchange for infielder Jed Lowrie and Kyle Weiland. Who Will Nab Red Sox Closer Role? Mark Melancon had 20 saves for Houston this year, going 8-4 with a 2.78 ERA and 1.22 [...]