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Rockies Bring Heat on Both Sides

In Advanced Scouting, MLB FanHouse's professional talent evaluator breaks down each of the playoff teams from a scouting perspective.With several key players still left on the roster from their run in 2007, the Rockies will have the playoff experience that they were lacking two years ago. This will not be a team that...

Starting Five: These Rocks Are Rolling Uphill Out West

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.You Oughta Know ...That the NL West is up for grabs.With their seventh straight win, the Rockies closed within two games of the idle Dodgers for the division lead on Thursday.Colorado downed Cincinnati 5-1 with a five-run...

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...

Roto Rush: Cliff Lee the 2009 CC

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.For the second consecutive year, the Indians have given a playoff contender a huge boost. For the second consecutive year, they traded the previous season's AL Cy Young award winner....

MLB Power Rankings: Week 11

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.So, quick apology on my part: the Power Rankings were supposed to go live Wednesday, but things happened, I'm a jerkstore, excuses, etc., and here we are. It's not Wednesday!...

JoseContreras News From the Web

05/23/12 The ugly numbers Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA Just some random numbers while perusing my stats this morning. . . 1) The Phillies are just 5-for-38 with runners in scoring position in their current four-game losing streak. 2) Josh Beckett, Gio Gonzalez and Jordan Zimmermann have held the Phillies to two runs on 24 baserunners with 16 and seven walks over 19 1/3 innings over the last three games. 3) And now for the good news: The bullpen has not allowed a run in its last 12 2/3 innings, dating back to the first game of the Boston series.
05/17/12 How Does Yu Darvish's Hot Start Compare to Other Hyped... Source: Bleacher Report Mere days after they signed Hideki Matsui, the Yankees signed Cuban defector Jose Contreras to a four-year deal worth $32 million.
05/17/12 MLB: Philadelphia 9, Chicago Cubs 2 Source: United Press International (UPI) Carlos Ruiz put Philadelphia in front with an eighth-inning homer Wednesday and the Phillies scored six times in the ninth to down the Chicago Cubs 9-2.
05/15/12 Man expected to plead guilty to Mount Pleasant murder... Source: The Post and Courier - Charleston SC A man arrested in connection with a home invasion that left one person dead and another wounded was set to plead guilty to murder this afternoon but changed his mind.
05/15/12 Manuel in search of consistent Contreras Source: Courier-Post - Cherry Hill NJ Jose Contreras has managed just two clean outings since returning from the disabled list last month, and Charlie Manuel said the team is in a tough predicament with the 40-year-old former closer.