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It's not terribly uncommon for a big league team to provide three different pitchers with enough save opportunities to reach double digits, even though it hasn't occurred since the 2005 Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves. The current K...

Blog | April 12, 2013

Eric Karabell has the latest fantasy-relevant news regarding major league bullpens, including the Royals, who had three different pitchers record saves this week.

Blog | Conversation | April 12, 2013

The best relief pitchers in the Boston Red Sox bullpen in 2012 were, believe it or not, right-handers Scott Atchison and Junichi Tazawa. Actually, that dynamic duo led all Red Sox pitchers in wins above replacement, which is hard to believe -- and a ...

Blog | January 28, 2013

Eric Karabell offers his thoughts on a few closers (or ex-closers) who changed teams this offseason, such as Joel Hanrahan, Rafael Soriano and Ryan Madsen, and examines their current situations.

Blog | Conversation | January 28, 2013

Baseball's offseason is well under way, with trades, signings and much fun already, and there promises to be plenty more in the coming months. So, on the heels of last week's Bold hitter predictions blog, let's check out the players wh...

Blog | November 15, 2012

Eric Karabell offers up a bold prediction for pitchers on all 30 teams for the 2013 fantasy baseball season, including projections for Stephen Strasburg, Brian Wilson, Aroldis Chapman and many others.

Blog | Conversation | November 15, 2012

Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg will pitch in September and October. Let's get that out of the way up front. Entering the weekend the right-hander is the No. 10 pitcher on ESPN's Player Rater and one of the most coveted individua...

Blog | July 27, 2012

Eric Karabell looks ahead to the final two months of the season and lays out a handful of bold predictions for pitchers, including thoughts on Stephen Strasburg, Tim Lincecum and R.A. Dickey.

Blog | Conversation | July 27, 2012

Another week, another set of interesting Power Rankings to get us going! Mark Simon joined me for Monday's Baseball Today podcast and a good time was had by all! 1. We separately supply our top-10 teams, with one major difference, and also point ...

Eric Karabell updates his saves projections for all 16 National League teams, predicting final totals for such players as Craig Kimbrel, Joel Hanrahan and Heath Bell.

Blog | Conversation | July 12, 2011

We close the week of Baseball Today podcasts as Mark Simon and I discuss many matters of fun and importance , both on and off the diamond, including these: 1. Both New York shortstops are obviously in the news, and we clarify our opinions on each...

Here are some excellent reasons to check out Thursday's Baseball Today podcast with me and Keith Law discussing everything but the Roger Clemens trial (for a reason), including ... 1. Derek Jeter got a hit, and we applaud him for that, but what the...

Good for the Pirates and the great city of Pittsburgh. The last time we saw the Buccos in the postseason, Atlanta Braves first baseman Sid Bream was sliding into home with the winning run of the 1992 NL Championship Series, and since then the Pirates...

Blog | April 07, 2011

Eric Karabell examines the 4-2 Pittsburgh Pirates and finds more fantasy usefulness beyond Andrew McCutchen.

Blog | Conversation | April 07, 2011

I was thinking about leading this week's "Closer Report" -- a Friday spring training staple -- with the Pittsburgh Pirates naming Joel Hanrahan as their ninth-inning guy a few days ago. Then I stopped yawning. While it is nice that the 105-lo...

Blog | February 18, 2011

Eric Karabell checks in on the Rangers' and Pirates' bullpens, among others, offering his thoughts about Neftali Feliz and Joel Hanrahan in the process.

Blog | Conversation | February 18, 2011