Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitchers

Jose Contreras of the Phillies is the latest closer to go down and end up on the disabled list and Ryan Madson is the closer, at least until Brad Lidge returns from the DL. It has been an especially brutal April for Major League closers with over 80 blown saves thus far.  If the trend [...]

Major League managers have a lot less patience with their closers than they used to.  And, there’s already been a few closers casualties already this year with Ryan Franklin getting booted in St. Louis and Joe Nathan getting the thumb in Minnesota. But, by the time you got this information, it might have been too late [...]

It’s only three weeks into the 2011 MLB season and already managers are losing patience with their closers.  Tony LaRussa has announced a closer change in St. Louis and Ron Gardenhire has done the same in Minnesota. Boggs New Closer in St. Louis Ryan Franklin has somehow done a very good job the past three [...]

In case you hadn’t noticed, Brian Wilson of the San Francisco Giants has become a bit of a pop culture star since he stopped shaving and the Giants won the World Series last season. He and Giants outfielder Cody Ross recently filmed a video with YouTube star Keenan Cahill. Check it out… He got off [...]

It is said that 20% of all saves are never even drafted in fantasy baseball; they are all waiver wire pickups.  Well, there are certainly some attractive waiver wire pickups available now in your fantasy baseball league.  Try taking a pitch at these guys to get that early lead in saves. Brian Fuentes, Oakland A’s [...]

If you looked at the MLB depth charts before the season started, you would have thought that Drew Storen had been tabbed as the Nationals’ closer.  Not so fast. Twice this week, the Nationals used Tyler Clippard in the seventh, followed by Storen in the eighth and the ninth inning, and the corresponding save, went [...]

Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Closer Strategy Call to the bullpen We’re just one run ahead Call for the bullpen And stop that rally dead Here comes the bull man In that funny little car But that pitching fool He’ll put out that fire It’s more than just golf cars bringing in relief pitchers that has [...]

Chris Sale is the 2010 draft pick who made it to the Big Leagues faster than any other.  Sale, who was hardly even recruited out of high school and ended up at Florida Gulf Coast College, needed just 11 minor league games before making his debut with the White Sox. Sale is a 6’6″, 170 [...]