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Octavio Dotel Among Names in Early Trade Chatter

Baseball's non-waiver trade deadline falls four weeks from Saturday, and with one major deal already completed this week -- Bengie Molina to the Rangers -- chatter is picking up around the game. The Marlins -- who have used 18 relievers, most in the majors -- have inquired about Pirates closer Octavio Dotel, according to...

Always Be Closing: Time to Buy Qualls?

Chad Qualls currently has an 0-2 record with a 6.32 ERA. But things have been a lot worse this season for the Diamondbacks closer. Qualls started the season with two blown saves and a loss in his first eight appearances. And after that eighth appearance on April 21, Qualls was the owner of a 10.80 ERA and had only five...

Roto Rush: Trevor Hoffman in Hot Water?

If you were listening in Milwaukee on Wednesday, the sounds you heard were of dejection or maybe the collective air being let out of the sails of Brewers fans. Trevor Hoffman entered the ninth inning with a 4-3 lead and promptly gave up a game-tying dinger to pinch-hitting catcher Ryan Doumit. For those of you keeping...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 8

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. Well, that took freaking forever ... but the Blue Jays finally started to stink the joint up. I swear to you, you can't stay long atop the MLB Power Rankings -- our failure...

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...

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05/09/12 Casey Janssen not the answer to Jays' closing woes Source: CBC.ca After watching his promising, young squad repeatedly squander late-inning leads in 1984, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Pat Gillick made it his priority to upgrade the club's bullpen.
05/09/12 Al Shabab striker Ciel backs team for AFC Champions... Source: Gulf News Al Shabab's top scorer Jociel Ferreira da Silva (Ciel) believes his team is strong enough to collect the points they need from their final two Etisalat Pro League matches to book their spot in next season's AFC Champions League.