Antonio Alfonseca

Antonio Alfonseca #57 RP

Player Card | Career Stats
CAREER PITCHING STATS
G SHO IP SO W L SV ERA
592 0 613.0 400 35 37 129 4.11
463 Results for antonio alfonseca

Rivera, Nathan lead '10 relief rankings

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell reviews each team's bullpen situation this year and previews the closer situations for 2010.

Story | Conversation | September 30, 2009

Lou's jaywalking ticket; Cubs' worst closers

Nick Friedell

...to argue with the names on the list -- they're all bad. Two notes, though: 1. Antonio Alfonseca should be on there somewhere. He was awful. 2. It's never, ever a good thing...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 19, 2009

Top 10 positive stat surprises from '09

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell looks at the top 10 most positive stat surprises from 2009, including Joe Mauer's power, then offers up other interesting tidbits.

Story | Conversation | July 27, 2009

Perez's cloudy future as a closer

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell looks at the fortunes of Chris Perez, who was dealt to Cleveland over the weekend.

Story | Conversation | July 01, 2009

Are southpaws left behind as closers?

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell looks at why so few lefties occupy closer roles and speculates what other southpaws might be in contention for saves.

Story | Conversation | June 03, 2009

Relief Efforts: Offseason bullpen roundup

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell takes stock of each team's closer situation heading into the 2009 season, which will be updated constantly through the winter.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008

Marlins get a steal for Gregg

...fluky-low home run rate in 2008 kept his ERA under 4. He's not quite Antonio Alfonseca redux, but he's no replacement for Kerry Wood, either. The Marlins, meanwhile, have picked up...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2008

CHICAGO STYLE

Magazine and Mag.Com Staff

It's been 102 years since the Cubs and White Sox were in the postseason at the same time. Now, with both teams in the running, we celebrate with 102 cool facts.

Story | Conversation | September 09, 2008

Relief Efforts: Ayala proves it's just about saves

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell says Luis Ayala's emergence as a closer is showing that the only stat that matters for fantasy relievers is saves.

Story | Conversation | September 03, 2008

Can K-Rod maintain historic saves pace?

Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.com

Tristan Cockcroft puts Francisco Rodriguez's current saves pace in historical context and proceeds to show why the "good closers can come from bad teams" adage is not exactly true.

Story | Conversation | July 02, 2008

Relief Efforts: Does the Player Rater work for closers?

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell looks at the top closers on the Player Rater, but wonders if it's the perfect tool to analyze relievers' values.

Story | Conversation | June 11, 2008

The Cubs: 99 years of misery

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Ever since the Cubs won back-to-back titles in 1907-08 things haven't fared so well.

Story | Conversation | March 28, 2008

30 Questions: Which Dontrelle Willis will we see this season?

Will Harris, ESPN.com

Will Harris hits the burning question on the Detroit Tigers: Whether Dontrelle Willis will return to stud status or remain a dud.

Story | Conversation | March 03, 2008

The Draft Day Manifesto

Matthew Berry, ESPN.com

Matthew Berry reveals his draft preparation methods and draft day strategies.

Story | Conversation | February 19, 2008

The wild and wacky from 2007

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

In his year-end wrapup of 2007, Jayson Stark celebrates some of the strangest feats of the past season.

Story | Conversation | December 21, 2007