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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

Sox-Yanks, Aroldis Chapman, Cy Young Wars

Buster Olney

It is still September and nine days of regular-season baseball remain, but the playoffs provided the context for everything that occurred at Yankee St...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2009

Wainwright commanding plate, and attention

Buster Olney

...and Lopez just nodded approvingly, respectfully, as if to say Yep, he's got a great curveball today, and I'm just going to have to go to work from here with that in mind...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 10, 2009

Diamondbacks shuffle closers

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell takes a look at the closer situation in Arizona after a freak season-ending injury to Chad Qualls.

Story | Conversation | September 02, 2009

Why Greinke should win the Cy Young

Buster Olney

By the standards of a David Wells or Livan Hernandez or John Smoltz or Orlando Hernandez or Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, Zack Greinke has yet to p...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 31, 2009

Smoltz manufactures a comeback

Buster Olney

John Smoltz is a friend and golfing partner of Tiger Woods, which is hardly surprising, because the two men are similar in many ways. Both are superla...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Smoltz and Sox face difficult decisions

Buster Olney

All Boston manager Terry Francona could do was to try to contain the damage the Yankees had done to John Smoltz in the fourth inning Thursday night. A...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2009

Ranking the NL's easiest roads to the postseason

Buster Olney

Here's the ranking of strength of schedule in the second half in the NL. It's great news if you're a fan of the Brewers or the Dodgers or the Marlins,...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 18, 2009

Donavan Tate top high school pick in draft

Chris Lawlor, ESPN.com

Three right-handed pitchers were among four high school prospects selected in the top 10 in the first round of Major League Baseball's 2009 first-year player draft.

Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009

Carolina and Opening Day on our minds

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Fans' elation at the NCAA tournament championship game and Opening Day was muted this week by the death of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart.

Story | Conversation | April 11, 2009

The lost leverage of Manny and T.O.

Howard Bryant, ESPN.com

What have we learned from Manny Ramirez and Terrell Owens in the past few weeks? Maybe it's that the balance of power is shifting to ownership in pro sports.

Story | Conversation | March 11, 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

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Story | Conversation | May 30, 2008

Berkman showing he's the king of swing

Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com

With Lance Berkman locked in at the plate like few others have ever been, feel free to sit back and enjoy the ride.

Story | Conversation | May 20, 2008

Astros 9, Yankees 5

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Astros 9, Yankees 5

Recap | Box Score | Conversation | March 07, 2008