My friends and I like to play a game we call the before & afters. We match sports players/managers/personnel last names up with another sports figure with the same first name. It can be fun and quite creative. After brainstorming through the Major League, On Deck Sports proudly presents the top 10   more...
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Every day I will be looking over the performances & trends from previous baseball games to help you make educated decisions about your fantasy baseball roster. Here are a few players from yesterday's action.
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The MLB free agency period has officially began. Fifty-seven players filed papers to become free agents Monday. Big names on the list include: Barry Bonds, Torii Hunter, Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera, Kerry Wood, Trot Nixon, Shawn Green, Paul Lo Duca, and Shannon Stewart.Check out the entire list.
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• Scott Rolen leaves the bases loaded to end the first inning. Tony LaRussa writes "You suck" on a piece of paper, folds it, and passes it down the dugout to him.• Things you learn on the radio: LaRussa's been shading Eckstein behind 2nd for a number of Mets hitters throughout the series, despite   more...
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Thus completing the grossest trade ever. The Marlins rid themselves of the worst pitcher in the majors in Julio and get an equally overhyped, but slightly more effective pitcher in Kim. I actually like what the Marlins did here. If they use Kim properly, he still has a lot of value. I wish they   more...
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...for the Marlins on Opening day. A Florida scout was in attendance yesterday as Julio retired six of seven Colorado hitters. Since the Diamondbacks have more than enough bullpen depth, the deal will come down to whether the Marlins are willing to pay Julio's $3.6 million salary for 2006. If   more...
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The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired Jorge Julio from the New York Mets in exchange for Orlando Hernandez on May 24. Since then, the right-hander has grabbed the closer's role from an ineffective Valverde in late May and piled up 15 saves. But Julio has faltered after a stellar June, during which he   more...
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From scapegoat to closer in a matter of days. If you owned him at any point this season before his trade to Arizona you probably thought Julio had a better shot at notching saves in Triple-A than in the majors. Maybe even more far-fetched is the notion that any big league club would view him as a   more...

Is there some hidden agenda amongst major league baseball teams that I'm not aware of that says Jorge Julio MUST be a closer? It's literally been 5 years, 2002, since Jorge Julio has been an effective closer. Last year was Julio's best season in the past half decade. He finished the year with an   more...
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The Marlins have acquired one Jorge Julio and cash for Yusmiero Petit. He'll immediately be the closer.For the fantasy spin, head to SeamlessBaseball.com.
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Joe Borowski has been placed on the DL with a right triceps strain (and I pulled my gluteus spending too much time on the computer).Convenient or actual, Borowski has an injury and won't be coming out of the Tribe bullpen in the ninth inning - at least for a while.So who will?The consensus in the   more...
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They say that breaking up is hard to do.CC Sabathia is making it a whole lot easier.Sabathia has taken the mound three times this season - his walk season - and has had three awful outings, with tonight's being the worst.If this continues too much longer Tribe fans won't care where the big man is   more...
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In this daily column, we take a look back at the night that was in fantasy baseball highlighting the best/worst performances, emerging fantasy options and developing trends. Check out the Fantasy Baseball Happy Recap every weekday on FSE!
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I never thought I'd be writing that headline this season. After last year's performance and the addition of a few seemingly useful bodies over the winter I thought the closer position might be the only problem with the pen this year.But it seems to be a much larger problem.I knew the relief corps   more...
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"We're happy to have El Duque," Mets general manager Omar Minaya said. "We needed starting pitching. The thing I liked a lot is he has pitched in New York. He's happy to be coming back to New York, a place he knows and a place that knows him."That about says it all. Despite Orlando's struggles   more...