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Kyle Kendrick threw five strong innings in the opener of a day-night doubleheader and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Florida Marlins 3-1 Thursday, reducing the magic number for clinching their fifth straight NL East title to three.

Ryan Howard hit his 30th homer, Vance Worley pitched six effective innings and the Phillies completed a historic four-game sweep in Cincinnati with a 6-4 win.

Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at a number of closers who have lost their jobs and whether fantasy owners should hang on to them.

Stephania Bell updates the injury situations of a number of a relief pitchers with the regular season about to start.

Joe Blanton threw seven strong innings, Carlos Ruiz hit a tie-breaking RBI single and the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies won their 11th straight game, 3-2 over the New York Mets on Friday night.

Roy Oswalt and a pair of relievers combined on a one-hitter and the NL East-leading Philadelphia Phillies beat Atlanta 1-0 Wednesday night for their 10th straight win, increasing their lead over the Braves to six games.

Los Angeles Angels closer Brian Fuentes sports a 5.93 ERA and has allowed five home runs this season, numbers that Fernando Rodney owners point to as evidence a ninth-inning change should be made. Angels manager Mike Scioscia hears the calls, especia...

Blog | June 07, 2010

Eric Karabell looks at the issues with the Angels bullpen and whether it's worth owning Brian Fuentes or Fernando Rodney.

Blog | Conversation | June 07, 2010

Eric Karabell has some players to watch this weekend, leading with a number of Washington Nationals, who are suddenly the toast of the fantasy world.

Blog | Conversation | May 14, 2010

If it wasn't for the historically awful season that Philadelphia Phillies closer Brad Lidge delivered in 2009, fantasy owners would have paid more attention to the brutal numbers Matt Capps produced. Capps managed to save a career-high 27 games ...

Blog | April 26, 2010

Eric Karabell discusses relief pitchers in the news, including Matt Capps and Neftali Feliz.

Blog | Conversation | April 26, 2010

Stephania Bell takes a closer look at a number of star players who opened the season on the disabled list and their potential return dates.

Jason Grey lists a number of sleepers who are owned in less than half of ESPN.com leagues.

Blog | Conversation | April 06, 2010

Brad Lidge ignored the cold and his awful 2009 numbers and got the big postseason outs the Phillies needed him to get in Game 3 against the Rockies.

The number of moves made by the managers was enough to make your head spin, but all that matters to the Rockies is they won Game 2 of their NLDS with the Phillies and head home all square.

Pedro Feliz's grand slam helped the Phillies beat the Astros and reduce their magic number to clinch the East.