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Roto Rush: Zeroes on the Board

Thursday's action was almost completely dominated by good pitching. We saw five teams kept off the scoreboard, and that quintuplet of pitching prowess may not even include the best performance of the day! Let's fire around those shutouts and see who was responsible for such a low-scoring day of baseball. Carl Pavano went...

Always Be Closing: Gregerson Gets Spot Save, Nothing More

Luke Gregerson has been pitching well all season. In fact, you might say that the Padres setup man has closer-like stuff. In just 39 1/3 innings of work Gregerson has 51 strikeouts and just four walks. He's also sporting a 1.60 ERA and a 0.51 WHIP. Gregerson's closer-like stuff got a taste of ninth-inning action on Sunday...

Roto Rush: Jorge Cantu Sets Record

If you'll remember, the Marlins' Jorge Cantu was rumored to be moving to first base this spring if neither Gaby Sanchez or Logan Morrison did a good enough job. Luckily, Sanchez won the job at first and Cantu was able to stay at third base where he wouldn't have to go through any adjustments. Being comfortable seems to be...

Paltry Payroll Hardly the Whole Story With Marlins

JUPITER, Fla. -- The Marlins took a lot of grief over the winter for their payroll -- or the lack of same -- with the Players' Association forcing the issue after Florida had the lowest payroll in the major leagues for three of the past four seasons. The payroll has gone up. For starters, Opening Day pitcher Josh Johnson...

ADP Trends: Pierre Finally Gets Love, Ortiz Shown None

Did you guys see it on Tuesday? They played baseball in Florida -- real, live spring training games. Now we're going to start seeing some merit-based movement on draft boards. Let the scribbling and erasing begin. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict a huge rise in average draft position for our sixth place riser...

Leo Nunez News From the Web

05/29/12 Update on the latest in sports: Updates with... Source: CBS - KMOV - St. Louis MO The Miami Heat tightened up their defensive intensity in the second half, holding Boston to just 33 points in posting a 93-79 victory to open the Eastern Conference finals.
05/27/12 Random evidence of a cluttered mind . . . Source: The Merced Sun-Star - Merced CA The Celtics won the season series with Miami, 3-1, yeah, but don't let that fool you.
05/23/12 Oviedo gets pardon from U.S., awaiting visa - Juan... Source: Rotoworld.com A newspaper in the Dominican Republic reported earlier that Oviedo had already acquired his visa, but that won't happen for another couple of days.
03/31/12 Report: Oviedo faces six-week MLB suspension - Juan... Source: Rotoworld.com Oviedo, formerly known as Leo Nunez, is hustling to complete an assigned number of community service hours in his native Dominican Republic.