Things are settling in nicely here at the Closer Report. We’re starting to get some clarity on jobs as manager’s back new closers and incumbents pitch and solidify their status. Detroit Tigers Papa Grande is back! Jose Valverde has retaken the closer role for the Detroit Tigers and I like

The First Pitch: Happy Tax Day everyone! Make sure you get those taxes filed today. And good luck to everyone running in the Boston Marathon. And because it’s Marathon Monday that means the Boston Red Sox will be playing at 11:05am. Get those lineups set early…speaking of Boston… Boston 5

Welcome back to the Closer Report. As always, we have news from the most volatile position in fantasy baseball. On with the show… Boston Red Sox This is the next hot spot in bullpens across MLB. I can see a lot of carnage here before the season is out. Joel

Major League Baseball has seen a jump in attendance in the last two seasons that reversed a slide from prior seasons. Patrick Rishe of Forbes took a look at the largest attendance gains and losses from 2011 to 2012. The largest gain was from the Miami Marlins (44.2% increase) due

The First Pitch: Fantasy baseball sage Paul Sporer sums up today quite well: Aces looking more like Jokers today! #nailedit — Paul Sporer (@sporer) April 8, 2013 Sunday was a day of Aces performing anything like Aces. Boston 13 Toronto 0 Ace on his face: R.A. Dickey 4 2/3 IP

Our first week of baseball is just about in the books. I’m not sure I recall more bullpen upheaval in the first week of any season in recent memory. Who is sneaking up on incumbent closers? Who is knocking down the door? And what is DAS EFX doing in this

The First Pitch: Opening Day has come and gone. Well, not the real Opening Day. Just some made for TV Opening Day. We got to see the Battle of Texas. Today is the real Opening Day. It’s time to play hooky from work – call in sick and plant yourself

Welcome to the Fantasy Fix Closer Report, our weekly look at closer situations around the league. I hope to provide you with pertinent and timely information for leagues of all shapes and sizes. If you have any suggestions, leave a comment or shoot me an email or tweet. Enough of

Profile David Dahl was drafted in the first round (10th overall) of the 2012 draft. He was drafted out of Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham, AL. He was signed for $2.6M and was assigned to Grand Junction of the Pioneer League. The 18 year old left handed center fielder

Who is Gregory Polanco? Why is he here? Is this ‘pop-up’ prospect for real or is it just my imagination? This Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder has a chance to be a special player beyond what his pedigree suggests. Profile Gregory Polanco was signed as an international free agent in 2009 out