It’s time for another quick game of “Who closed the game?”  Our first contestant is the New York Mets.  Billy Wagner is on a rehab assignment, but for the time being they are still trying to piece together the 9th inning.  Well, tonight Aaron Heilman came into the game in the ninth and……..got the save!  Heilman walked a batter but didn’t allow…
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Tags: Aaron Heilman, adam dunn, Billy Wagner, brandon webb, Carlos Pena, Chris Dickerson, chris perez, Chris Snyder, Delmon Young, Francisco Liriano, josh johnson, Kerry Wood, Mariano Rivera, matt cain, matt garza, Melvin Mora, Troy Tulowitzki

I have a new article that examines this very topic over at Fantasy Baseball Strategy and I found a few interesting differences.

1. The first one may not be that surprising but elite pitchers have a higher avereage velocity than other groups of pitchers which carries over to the off-speed and breaking pitches as well.
2. The movement on the elite pitches are greater, in some case much greater, movement

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After pitching six shutout innings and leaving with a 5-0 lead, Manny Parra had to feel pretty good about picking up another win. However, in the 9th inning on Thursday, his bullpen imploded. The Diamondbacks scored six runs in the last inning to steal a victory from Parra and the Brewers. Parra allowed just four hits over his six innings, walked three and struck out four…
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Tags: brandon webb, manny parra, milwaukee brewers

Felix Hernandez might be starting to live up to his nickname of King Felix. It is way to early to make that kind of statement, but the 22-year old Hernandez has put a couple of good starts together. With his six-inning effort tonight, that is two straight outings in which he didn’t allow a run. I get…
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Tags: alexi casilla, BJ Upton, brandon webb, Evan Longoria., felix hernandez, joe borowski, Johnny Cueto, justin verlander, michael cuddyer, ryan garko, scott kazmir, shawn marcum, Tim Lincecum

Even when he loses, Brandon Webb is pretty damn good. Webb went seven innings, allowed just three runs and struck out seven. His offense just didn’t show up tonight and his record fell to 9-1. Obviously, Webb is a must start every time out, and is getting to be a shoe in to start the All-Star Game for the…
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Tags: bartolo colon, ben sheets, brandon webb, dana eveland, darrell rasner, derek jeter, Derrek Lee, dontrelle willis, jacoby ellsbury, Jeff Clement, jermaine dye, joba chamberlain, stephen drew, vladimir guerrero

I want to start tonight with a little warning. I am going to be a dad for the second time any day now. So, if I go for a day or two without an article, or if I don’t get back to an email in my usual speedy fashion, that could be the reason. I’m not going away, and I’ll be back as soon as it is possible. Now…
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For those of you in weekly leagues, and for those of you who are into streaming pitchers, Fighting Chance Fantasy presents to you this week’s two start pitchers.

No Brainers

Jake Peavy, San Diego Padres

Starts: Sunday, April 27; Saturday, May 3

Teams: vs. Arizona; vs. Florida

Opponents: Brandon Webb (5-0, 2.31 ERA)…
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Tags: barry zito, brandon backe, brandon webb, brett myers, c.c. sabathia, chad gaudin, chien-ming wang, daniel cabrera, edinson volquez, felix hernandez, gil meche, ian snell, jake peavy, james shields, jeff francis, jered weaver, jeremy guthrie, jesse litsch, joe blanton, john lannan, jon garland, jose contreras, josh beckett, justin verlander, kyle lohse, manny parra, Mike Mussina, nelson figueroa, paul maholm, ricky nolasco, ted lilly, vincente padilla