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, 2008Cutting ties with Quentin, Webb, strugglers
Eric KarabellMad at Carlos Quentin? Hardly. On the contrary, I like to take positive outlooks on things. Sure, it would have been nice had Quentin continued his MV...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2008
Relief 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: Under-the-radar saves guys for 2009
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell looks at 10 guys who are not closing now but could be in line for saves come 2009.
Story | Conversation | August 27, 2008Letting go of Chipper, McLouth, Tejada
Eric KarabellI knew as well as anyone that the joyous campaigns of Chipper Jones and Lance Berkman wouldn't continue at quite the same rate. One of my fantasy base...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2008
Relief Efforts: Sherrill disabled, Wagner still ailing
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell discusses the injury issues of two more closers, George Sherrill and Billy Wagner, as well as those to buy low and sell high on down the stretch.
Story | Conversation | August 20, 2008Relief Efforts: How many closers are truly safe?
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell places labels on the closers of all 30 teams, and states that only a small percentage are truly safe.
Story | Conversation | July 30, 2008Ortiz, Chipper, Liriano, weekend watch
Eric KarabellToo many fantasy baseball owners figure they can pay attention to what's going on from Monday through Friday afternoon and be all caught up. It's the ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 25, 2008
Relief Efforts: Who could be closing next?
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell highlights which current closers could be dealt, and discusses the pitchers next in line to assume those duties.
Story | Conversation | July 23, 2008Euphoric about Eugenio; closers, Bush, mail
Eric KarabellI'm catching up from a crazy week spent at the All-Star festivities and then in Los Angeles at the ESPYs, and let's just say I was in no position to r...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2008
Relief 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, 2008Relief Efforts: National League bullpen breakdowns
Eric Karabell, ESPN.comEric Karabell looks at each National League bullpen situation and forecasts who will get the most saves and how many they'll rack up.
Story | Conversation | June 25, 2008Reality on homer-happy Branyan, Thames
Eric KarabellSo there's that Russell Branyan guy hitting yet another home run Thursday, and I'm thinking, so what, been there, done that. I mean, isn't that what e...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 20, 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.
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