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Broxton paces baseball's best 'pen

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell looks at the best and worst in relief so far this season, and discusses the latest developments in major league bullpens.

Story | Conversation | May 06, 2009

Relief Efforts: Spring bullpen rankings

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell does a quick rundown of each team's bullpen situation as spring training starts.

Story | Conversation | February 17, 2009

Hochevar, Reyes, finding the next Gavin Floyd

Eric Karabell

I didn't really believe in Gavin Floyd, a fact I readily admit. It's not because I was angry with him for failing with my hometown Phillies after bein...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 15, 2008

Relief Efforts: Middle men worth picking up

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell suggests a handful of safe middle relievers who are barely owned in ESPN standard leagues.

Story | Conversation | August 13, 2008

Relief Efforts: Forecasting second-half save leaders

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell takes a stab at predicting the second-half save leaders and provides the latest news from bullpens around baseball.

Story | Conversation | July 09, 2008

Relief Efforts: National League bullpen breakdowns

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric 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, 2008

Relief Efforts: Does the Player Rater work for closers?

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric 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, 2008

Relief Efforts: Where do Braves go with Smoltz gone?

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric 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, 2008

Relief Efforts: Good relief pitching can be contagious

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell says you can find some relief gems from the back-end guys on the best bullpens.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2008

Relief Efforts: Wild week in AL West bullpens

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell analyzes the situations in the Angels' and Mariners' bullpens and updates his reliever rankings.

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2008

Out of the Box: Pedro party ends early

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell looks back at Tuesday with an eye focused on the fantasy slant, including Pedro Martinez's 2008 debut.

Story | Conversation | April 02, 2008

Relief Efforts: Struggling early

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell analyzes the early struggles of some of the closers and whether they are sign of things to come.

Story | Conversation | April 02, 2008

Relief Efforts: Rating the closers

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell rates the bullpens 1-30, naming closers, next-in-lines and stealth candidates for saves.

Story | Conversation | March 26, 2008

Realistic on the rookies

Eric Karabell

...March 8: Pujols, recent ranking changes March 7: Patterson, cheap stolen bases March 5: Failed rookies, watching Gordon March 3: No more Johan for me in NL-only drafts Feb. 29: Ugly anatomy of AL...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 21, 2008

30 Questions: Will Brett Myers be successful as a starter?

Eric Karabell, ESPN.com

Eric Karabell hits the burning question on the Philadelphia Phillies: Will Brett Myers be successful now that he's back in the starting rotation?

Story | Conversation | March 13, 2008