Opening weekend of the 2011 baseball season certainly was an eventful one, especially in the late innings. At least three closers put their job in jeopardy with rocky outings, sending fantasy managers scurrying to the waiver wire in search of the most suitable backup...
Monday, January 3, 2011
Over the last three years, only five closers have recorded at least 30 saves each season (Jonathan Papelbon, Francisco Cordero, Mariano Rivera, Joakim Soria and Brian Wilson). This fact alone illustrates the high turnover rate at this unstable position. With nearly half of baseball's 30 teams likely to start 2011 with a new closer, it's important for fantasy managers to brush up on the bullpens in transition. Every week during the 2011 season, I'll update the Closer's Corner as ninth-inning roles change hands. In the meantime, I'll post updates as free agents continue to sign and spring training battles become more clear...
RT @RyanDivish: @StoneLarry with the confirm that Zunino is being called up. Wow. Definitely a little surprised. He was preparing the CWS a year ago RT @ajcbraves: #Braves Gattis in his past 17 games: 13-for-41 (.371) with 1 double, 7 homers, 17 RBIs, 5 walks, 8 strikeouts, .408 OBP, .854 slugging% RT @JamesWagnerWP: RT @AdamKilgoreWP Scott Boras says Bryce Harper had "no operative procedures" during his visit to Dr. James Andrews http://t.co/wQlleq0aZ2 If Ian Stewart prefers to be released, he'd have a better chance by offering to forgo remaining $1.3m salary for '13. http://t.co/RVz5c7K5EM
Both NFBC & ESPN have Hishashi Iwakuma as the #1 SP in fantasy baseball (5x5): 7 wins, 1.79 ERA, 0.82 WHIP & 87 K's in 95.1 IP #mindblown Thanks to @williamfleitch for having me on the podcast! We'll Tweet out the links when it's posted... \m/
My feature on Javier Baez, who hit four homers for the @daytonacubs last night: http://t.co/TlPYPQsoCi #Cubs Adam Dunn has 422 career homers; he's closing in on Cal Ripken and Billy Williams on the all-time HR list. http://t.co/wDjIVb9cYd With his outing tonight, Clayton Kershaw moves into the NL ERA lead; at 1.88, he's a hair above Shelby Miller (1.91). http://t.co/RkpOos6PJL Jason Marquis fun to watch because he doesn't have great stuff--87-88 mph sinkers, 82-83 sliders--but just lives in bottom edge of the zone.© 2013 Fantasy Baseball Insiders. Powered by Wordpress.
Monday, April 4, 2011
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