There is a new look to the Closer Report this week with expanded coverage of bullpen situations around baseball and rankings for the top fantasy closers and middle relievers. This week AccuScore analyst looks at the All-Star relievers, and has a problem with the selection of one player in   more...
Original Story: http://dallas.accuscore.com/articles/mlb....

Ben Sheets and Cliff Lee have been named starters for Tuesday's All-Star Game, but are they the best options? Also, Carlos Marmol was named as an injury replacement, but he is undeserving of a spot ahead of several higher profile and some lower profile (and better) pitchers.
Original Story: http://accuscore.com/option,com_myblog/s....

In terms of fantasy baseball, middle relievers are often forgotten when they can be a huge weapon as an added bonus to your pitching staff. Middle relievers can be the secret key to lower WHIP and ERA, and many of these guys pile up strikeouts and are available in your fantasy league:
Original Story: http://blueworkhorse.com/mlb/fantasy-bas....

The Houston Astros have traded for Colorado starter Jason Jennings in an effort to bolster their rotation that lost Andy Pettitte this week and may lose Roger Clemens in the near future as well. Houston received Jennings and RHP Miguel Asencio from the Rockies in exchange for OF Willy Taveras, RHP   more...
Original Story: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/62653....

Put your on your dork hats. David Gassko of Hardball Times lists the 20 luckiest and unluckiest pitchers using a statistic known as LIPS, Luck Independent Pitching Statistics."Essentially, the idea behind both DIPS 3.0 and LIPS is that a lot of luck goes into a pitcher's performance, as measured   more...
Original Story: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/articl....

After hearing whispers in the baseball world that in order for the Mets to land Santana they would need to include Reyes. Minaya has come out saying, "He (Reyes) is one of our core players." He went on to say that he wouldn't be involved, it "wouldn't make sense" for the organization.I can see   more...
Original Story: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story....

When the Cubs started to lay out the money this offseason, first on Ramirez then on Soriano and Lilly. It started to look like the organization was shedding it's Ebenezer Scrooge ways and spending a little more freely than in the past. Then came the signing of the 28 year old former Saint Louis   more...
Original Story: http://www.cubshub.com/article.php?story....

Dear Santa, I know what I'm about to ask you for seems almost impossible, but can you try to make this happen? Red Sox Nation & I have been good this year. I'll even leave you some tickets instead of cookies.
Original Story: http://bostonsportz.com/blog/2007/11/30/....

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Jon Garland will be traded to the Astros for Willy Tavares and Taylor Buchholz. Willy Tavares doesn't bring much to the table other than speed. He is a decent average hitter, but not very good at getting on base. His OBP was .333 last year and .325 in his   more...
Original Story: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/spor....

Phillies hot-hitting leftfielder Pat Burrell pounded a two out 3 run homer to leftfield in the 7th inning off of reliever Jorge Julio to erase a 5-2 Colorado lead. 1st baseman Ryan Howard resolved the issue with a one out walk-off double to left off of Taylor Buchholz in the 10th inning as the   more...
Original Story: http://www.blogging-baseball.com/2007/09....

John Smoltz lasted just one game before electing to undergo season-ending surgery. Rafael Soriano, coming off his own injury, takes over for the Braves who also await the return of Mike Gonzalez. Most other bullpen situations have stabilized for now, but some players will be prime candidates to be   more...
Original Story: http://accuscore.com/articles/mlb-articl....

Caple nails it in this article, a really good article for all of you who don't really know too much about the Twins owner Carl Pohlad.OPEN THE WALLET CARL!
Original Story: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sto....

The Rockies trade with Houston this morning was very good news for White Sox fans.
Original Story: http://tomfornellisportsblog.blogspot.co....

Fanball and the Houston Chronicle are reporting that when Clemens comes back on June 22, rookie Taylor Buchholz will lose his starting spot. It will be interesting to see if Clemens has got enough left in the tank to help a struggling Astros staff that ranks 13 out of 16 in ERA in the NL.

The Braves failed to take advantage of several opportunities given to them by erratic starter Ubaldo Jimenez and lose their 5th game of the year by one run. In the 8th inning Bobby Cox double switched Gregor Blanco to centerfield replacing Mark Kotsay and put Manny Acosta on the mound to reliever   more...
Original Story: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore;_yl....