Relief Efforts: Offseason bullpen roundup
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric 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, 2008Relief Efforts: Five questions heading into 2009
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell looks ahead to the 2009 season with five questions about the always volatile closer position.
Story | Conversation | September 17, 2008Relief Efforts: Ayala proves it's just about saves
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric 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, 2008Relief Efforts: Forecasting second-half save leaders
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell takes a stab at predicting the second-half save leaders and provides the latest news from bullpens around baseball.
Story | Conversation | July 09, 2008Ten fantasy reasons why Tribe got terrible
Eric Karabell...bring in Jeff Weaver to prove the point. Really, if losing was the goal, shouldn't Joe Borowski have been left in the closer role? But I digress. Here are 10 fantasy-relevant reasons...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 07, 2008
Relief Efforts: American League bullpen breakdowns
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell looks at each American League bullpen situation to forecast which team will get the most saves and how many it'll rack up.
Story | Conversation | July 02, 2008Harden, Drew, most untradable fantasy players
Eric KarabellRich Harden was downright filthy on Thursday. The Phillies had no chance. Even if Harden was facing a team that wasn't slumping, it wouldn't have matt...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 27, 2008
Relief Efforts: Does the Player Rater work for closers?
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric 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, 2008Relief Efforts: Where do Braves go with Smoltz gone?
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell looks at the Braves' bullpen situation now that John Smoltz is out for the year, as well as the Yankees' pen now that Joba Chamberlain is a starter.
Story | Conversation | June 04, 2008Relief Efforts: Don't look for patterns in save chances
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell says it's fruitless to predict exactly how many saves any closer will get over the course of a season.
Story | Conversation | May 28, 2008Sabathia latest untouchable Tribe starter
Eric Karabell...ERA in 48 1/3 innings. Just wait until the Indians get Jake Westbrook and closer Joe Borowski back … although Borowski's return probably isn't good for the team ERA. Meanwhile, Sabathia...
Story | May 15, 2008Relief Efforts: Good relief pitching can be contagious
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell says you can find some relief gems from the back-end guys on the best bullpens.
Story | Conversation | May 14, 2008Relief Efforts: Closers with biggest value swings this season
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell looks at the biggest risers and fallers among closers since the start of the season.
Story | Conversation | May 07, 2008Relief Efforts: Experience critical for closers
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell points out that most of today's top closers are grizzled veterans, but that trading younger closers often nets fantasy owners more in return.
Story | Conversation | April 29, 2008Relief Efforts: Chamberlain remains valuable in current role
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell gives his assessment of Joba Chamberlain in his current role, ranks the top 20 middle relievers, and provides news, notes and updated rankings for closers around the league.
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