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New York Yankees right-hander Phil Hughes delivered a complete game 5-1 win in Detroit Sunday, outdueling Justin Verlander for his fifth win. Hughes remains an enigma, one owned in only 7.6 percent of ESPN leagues, but his eight strikeouts Sunday put...

Blog | June 04, 2012

Eric Karabell discusses the most fantasy-relevant tidbits from Sunday's games, including Phil Hughes outpitching Justin Verlander.

Blog | Conversation | June 04, 2012

Carlos Zambrano pitched a three-hitter for his first win of the season, leading the Miami Marlins to their seventh straight win with a 4-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night.

With pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training in a little less than a month, teams are making their final roster adjustments. It's been a long offseason, one during which some industry-changing deals were made. However, in the wake of those...

Blog | January 24, 2012

Now in its last-ever season as Bud Selig's six-team division, the NL Central gave us the league's pennant contenders, and figures to give us one of the most interesting offseasons of any division in baseball. Not least because the challenges confront...

Scott Boras is already making his case for Prince Fielder over Albert Pujols.

Kevin Goldstein lists 10 prospects who are using Latin American winter leagues to put them in position to start in the majors on Opening Day.

Story | Conversation | November 02, 2011

CHICAGO -- Here's a quick look at the Cubs' 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros: How it happened: Down 2-0 behind Carlos Zambrano, the Cubs used a four-run fifth inning to take command of the game. A nice combination of long ball and small ball pi...

We tried to kill off the Boston Red Sox after their 2-10 start. We mocked the New York Yankees for including Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia in their rotation. We pretended Carl Crawford could not handle the pressure in Boston, that Derek Jeter belon...

Carlos Zambrano did it again, pointing the finger of blame at everyone else. Enough is enough already.

Chicago Cubs manager Mike Quade told pitcher Carlos Zambrano not to break bats over his knee, one day after Zambrano splintered a bat at Wrigley Field.

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CHICAGO -- Carlos Zambrano ended the Chicago Cubs' recent stretch of suspect starting pitching in emphatic fashion. Zambrano threw eight shutout innings against the San Diego Padres on Monday, allowing only three hits and one walk while striking o...

With five runs allowed in 5 2/3 innings, Wednesday night's final pitching line for Chicago Cubs right-hander Carlos Zambrano might not look so pretty if you didn't watch his win over the Houston Astros. But the fiery innings eater/slugger l...

Blog | April 14, 2011

Eric Karabell looks at the Chicago Cubs' top three starting pitchers and sees buy-low opportunities

Blog | Conversation | April 14, 2011

Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano apologized to manager Mike Quade on Wednesday for not waiting on the mound to hand his manager the ball after being pulled in the sixth inning.