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

It doesn’t get much better of a pitching matchup than Jake Peavy and Ben Sheets. Sheets has beaten the odds and actually remained healthy for the vast majority of the season, while Peavy has been his usual dominant self in 2008.  They didn’t disappoint.  Sheets went 6.2 innings, allowed three runs and struck out four.  But he was outdone by Peavy who went…
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Tags: aramis ramirez, ben sheets, brad penny, carl crawford, Carlos Pena, jake peavy, Jarrod Washburn, jed lowrie, Johnny Cueto, Mark Kotsay, mike cameron, Oliver Perez, ryan ludwick, todd wellemeyer, Tom Glavine, trevor hoffman

Chris Carpenter made his triumphant return to the Cardinals lineup on Wednesday, as the former Cy Younger came back to try to help St. Louis make a playoff run. Carpenter wasn’t around long enough to take the win, but he was surely on a pitch count. Carpenter threw 67 pitches over four innings, allowed just one run and struck out two…
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Tags: Carlos Pena, Chad Billingsly, Chris Carpenter, Coco Crisp, edinson volquez, Fernando Rodney, jacoby ellsbury, joba chamberlain, ryan dempster

Carlos Pena is continuing to turn around his horrible start of the season. Pena connected on his 14th homer today at Yankee Stadium, and it was his third in the past six games. He has also driven in nine runs in that span and raised his average ten points. He obviously can’t reach last year’s career stats, but he…
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Tags: aaron harang, Anibal Sanchez, bobby jenks, carlos delgado, Carlos Pena, Dustin McGowan, Eric Byrnes, erik bedard, justin upton, micah owings, Scott Hairson

After a breakout season in 2007, things haven’t been so easy for Rays’ 1B Carlos Pena. Pena did have two hits, including his 12th homer of the season on Friday but his average is still at .227. After hitting a career high 43 long balls last season, you had to expect Pena to take a step…
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Tags: Carlos Pena, tampa bay rays

Ryan and I often joke that the one guy you never want to hear that your fantasy player is going to see is Dr. James Andrews. Andrews is legendary for performing major surgeries on some of sports biggest stars. Unfortunately for owners of John Smoltz, that’s exactly who will be working at his ailing right shoulder. Smoltz is scheduled…
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Tags: Carlos Pena, clayton kershaw, Coco Crisp, david ortiz, edinson volquez, eric hinske, hanley ramirez, jacoby ellsbury, joe mauer, Joey Votto, john smoltz, jorge posada, josh beckett, Justin Masterson, Manny Acosta, manny ramirez, moises alou, Rafeal Soriano