A quality start by 31-year old Matt Ginter, where the righty allowed seven hits in six innings was all for naught. Granted, one of the hits was a home run by catcher (and .211-hitting) Jeff Mathis. However, the Indians provided two runs of support on seven hits. And that, folks, rarely gets the   more...
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I'm heading to Cleveland for a long weekend in an hour or so.Contrary to what you may think, I have not been invited to participate in the big pow-wow being planned for today by the Tribe brass.Tribe manager Eric Wedge and his coaches will be meeting, and Wedge will also participate in a conference   more...
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The Indians brass, led by Mark Shapiro, Chris Antonelli and Eric Wedge met in Minneapolis today to discuss immediate and future changes to the Tribe lineup. As previously noted here at Tribe Report, the Indians will immediately address the bullpen. The first move will be Joe Borowski's removal as   more...
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After week one of the MLB season, there have been several teams, including Trevor Hoffman and the Padres, that have already run into bullpen issues, particularly on Opening Day, so we decided to examine each of the 30 major league teams bullpen performances thus far and see which teams should   more...
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Twice in Tuesday night's game against the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Rafael Betancourt's unusually long, frustrating windup invoked a normally dormant rule that one must throw the ball within 12 seconds if nobody's on base, or have it be called a ball. And we're just _now_   more...
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I guess when you name a blog "God Hates Cleveland Sports" you've seen enough failures in your time to quickly and easily dissect yet another dissapointing season. This top ten list was inspired by a quote from 2005 GM of the year Mark Shapiro, who basically said he had no idea what went wrong in   more...
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With Spring Training fast approaching, FIO staff writer Rich Lerner takes a look at each MLB team in terms of fantasy purposes. In this discussion, we will take a look at the potential offensive/pitching impact players, some questionable guys, and some youngsters on the come up. This time around   more...
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Big name struggles and injury concerns are creating bullpen issues for several major league teams. AccuScore analyst Jonathan Lee has it all sorted out for you in this week's Closer Report.
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Rounding things out in our preparation for 2008 fantasy baseball drafts, the FIO staff runs down its preseason rankings at each position. This time around, writer Rich Lerner gives you the FIO's Preseason Top 20 Fantasy Relief Pitchers.
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The Tampa Bay (Don't Call Us Devil) Rays just got finished beating up on the Yankees taking the series 3-to-1. The win keeps Tampa a full game ahead in first place, and dropped New York into last in the AL East. So is this a changing of the guard? Several young pitchers made terrific starts   more...
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A month into the season, FIO co-founder & editor Matt Hinzpeter takes a look around the league at bullpens and closers. Helping you look in the right direction for your fantasy roster, this comprehensive article includes: Closer News & Notes, Closer DL Report, Middle Relievers/Setup Men, and   more...
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A closer look at those guys hanging around the waiver. Names like Joba Chamberlain, the phenom Yankee pitcher. Matt Cain and his rebirth. And then there's Rick Ankiel. What a list, and there's a few more guys you need to know too.
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Today I give to you a special edition of the Check Your Head interview series. Eric Mack and David Gonos fantasy baseball analysts for CBS.com have taken time from rummaging through statistical evidence that Derek Jeter sucks to do a Q&A session with yours truly about the upcoming fantasy season.   more...
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We wanted to stop the FSE Fantasy Baseball Positional Rankings series with the closers, we really did. However, the urge to write a middle reliever breakdown won out in the end. Here, we rank the top 40 middle relievers, grouping them in a variety of categories that speak to their potential in 2008.
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In the second installment of our Bullpen Breakdowns series, we take a look at the AL Central teams focusing on who will be filling the roles of closer and setup man come opening day as well as sleeper middle relievers to keep an eye on.
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