...Yankees 7-4. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Pasatieri-US PRESSWIRE 2- 04 May 2008: Brewer relief pitcher Eric Gagne fell apart blowing his fifth save during a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the...

Relief Efforts: Offseason bullpen roundup

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

Parra breaks out of skid, Hardy homers to power Brewers

Manny Parra won for the first time since July 20 and J.J. Hardy hit a two-run homer as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Houston Astros 5-2 on Wednesday.

Braun powers Brewers to ninth win in 10 games

Ryan Braun homered and drove in four runs, Bill Hall hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers grabbed a share of the NL Central lead with a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.

Relief Efforts: National League bullpen breakdowns

Eric Karabell looks at each National League bullpen situation and forecasts who will get the most saves and how many they'll rack up.

Kuroda takes no-no into seventh, but Astros complete sweep with six-run eighth

Hiroki Kuroda took a no-hitter into the seventh inning for the Los Dodgers before the Astros broke out for seven hits and six runs in the eighth inning to pull out an 8-5 victory Sunday.

Gagne blows save in the 9th, Pence walks it off for Astros in 12th

Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th to lead the Houston Astros to an 8-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.

April was a month that really defied logic

Beware of everything and anything essentially wraps up what went on during the first month of the season. You can't trust a darned thing that goes on in April.

How to fix each MLB team for fantasy purposes

Eric Karabell has suggestions for all 30 MLB teams on how to maximize their players for fantasy purposes.

Surprising O's flying high

The Orioles have the best record in the American League now, after another win. We don't know what's to come to the rest of the way, but the Orioles h...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 09, 2008

Page 2's preseason MLB power rankings

Eric Neel compiled Page 2's spring training power rankings, and he "did it clean."

The great unknowns

Maybe the best moment of the baseball season comes on the first two days of spring training, when pitchers begin to throw for the first time. The catc...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 23, 2008

Mitchell investigation would have fallen flat without the feds

Without information from government cases involving BALCO and Kirk Radomski, and without pressure on Roger Clemens' personal trainer, Brian McNamee, the Mitchell investigation would have been severely limited, writes ESPN.com senior writer Howard Bryant.

Mitchell report: Baseball slow to react to players' steroid use

George Mitchell's 20-month report into steroid use in professional baseball blamed both players and management for the problem.

Pettitte (Yankees), Barrett (Padres) and Loretta (Astros) accept arbitration

Andy Pettitte formally returned to the New York Yankees on Friday night when he accepted the team's offer of salary arbitration.