Honest • Unbiased • Apolitical
Your Connection to the Diamond!
Honest • Unbiased • Apolitical
Your Connection to the Diamond!
Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza, Week 16 Rankings Welcome to Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza! These analyses and rankings take it to a different level than the other reliever rankings and coverage you’ve seen. We will separate our rankings by closers, setup men, and middle relievers. (We aren’t going to worry about ranking long relievers; […]
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hReliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza — 2026 First Half in Review & Reliever Rankings Welcome to the written version of Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza! This column started in written form in 2024 to give team and individual reliever rankings. For 2025, it changed to a show on YouTube and Rumble. It began this season […]
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Wilson on How the Mariners Improved an Already Elite Bullpen SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The relief corps that swept Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza’s end‑of‑year awards is arriving in Arizona with something more than hardware: reinforcements and resolve. After a season that ended with a gut‑punch loss in Game Seven of the ALCS, the Seattle Mariners […]
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Mark Leiter Jr. on Pressure, Opportunity, and Joining the Athletics MESA, Ariz. (Feb. 12) — It would be easy to tell the story of Mark Leiter Jr. story through the name on the back of his jersey. His father spent 11 seasons in the majors. His Uncle Al became a two‑time All‑Star and two-time World […]
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What the Diamondbacks Get in Kade Strowd The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Blaze Alexander to the Baltimore Orioles Thursday in a 3-for-1 deal. One piece of the return haul is right-handed middle reliever Kade Strowd. Here is what the Diamondbacks are getting in the hurler — who, despite debuting in 2025 still holds his rookie status. […]
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Kenley Jansen Agrees to Terms with Tigers: Reports Free agent closer and likely future Hall of Famer Kenley Jansen, has agreed to terms with the Detroit Tigers pending a physical, according to reports. According to multiple reports, Jansen will sign a one-year contract with a club option for 2027. The club has not confirmed the […]
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Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza: The Blue Jays Relief Corps Is Their Achilles Heel During the Fox coverage of the Toronto Blue Jays–New York Yankees Division Series, one stat they showed the first time the Blue Jays bullpen gate opened was that their relief unit had not lost a lead since September 1. While true, […]
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Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza: Phillies Bullpen Adeptly Adapts at Turning Points PHOENIX — The Philadelphia Phillies had a strong bullpen in 2024, with Jeff Hoffman and Matt Strahm both making the NL All-Star team. But the Phillies’ season ended in the NLDS when their All-Stars, along with the rest, ran into trouble against the […]
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