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Baseball Brunch: Senior Circuit Resembles Rest Home for Pitchers

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.Ahhh, the National League -- where pitchers can play out their golden years without a care in the world.Think of the NL as baseball's rest home.Just in the past few weeks, Brad Penny and John Smoltz have reached the legendary fountain of youth that...

The Closer Report: Heath Bell Shines as Brad Lidge Declines

It's always nice to know how secure a closer's job is and who's next in line if somebody loses their 9th inning job. The Closer Report will give you that info. And if that wasn't good enough, we'll rank the closers from top to bottom.As you'll see, Heath Bell has taken over the top spot on this edition of The Closer...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 4

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world.I'm typically terrified of curses. Or jinxes. Or any real excuse for why something went the way I didn't want it to. Which explains why I firmly believe a certain AL East team...

The Closer Report: How Secure Is Your Closer's Job?

It's always nice to know how secure a closer's job is and who's next in line if somebody loses their 9th inning job. Each week The Closer Report will give you that information. And if that wasn't good enough we'll rank the closers from top to bottom.Here's an interesting statistic. Somewhere between 30 percent and 40...

Roto Rush: Chris Davis Is Alive and Well

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.After a terrible first week, Texas first baseman Chris Davis was one of the hot topics of concern in fantasy baseball circles. My colleague Matt Snyder recently tried to put those...

DavidAardsma News From the Web

05/15/12 Aardsma (elbow) throwing sliders - David Aardsma (R)... Source: Rotoworld.com The rehabbing right-hander had been limited to fastball-only bullpen sessions for the past couple of weeks, but he's beginning to take significant steps forward.