This article references Aroldis Chapman, Brandon League, Craig Kimbrel, David Aardsma, Erik Bedard, Francisco Rodriguez, J.P. Howell, Joba Chamberlain, Joel Peralta, Juan Nicasio, Kenley Jansen, Paco Rodriguez, Phil Coke, Rafael Soriano, Sergio Santos, SP and more! The Dodgers announced Tuesday closer Kenley Jansen will be out at least 8-12 weeks after undergoing surgery on his left foot. The announcement, via Jon Weisman states: “This morning at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, Dodger pitcher Kenley Jansen underwent surgery to remove a growth from a bone in his left foot. This was discovered when Kenley reported discomfort while running last week. A subsequent X-Ray, MRI and CT scan showed the problem in the 5th metatarsal of his left foot. The surgery wa[...]Keep on reading: Jansen Undergoes Foot Surgery, Out 8-12 Weeks

On fantasy baseball draft day 2012 no one was buying Pirates' hurlers. A.J. Burnett was hurt, Erik Bedard would be hurt soon (he always is -- though surprisingly he wasn't in 2012), and while James McDonald owned a good arm he'd yet to flash it consistently at the big league level. At the All-Star Break [...]

The review of my season in the abyss continues as I'll take a look today at the Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio Hosts' League club that I put together. Kurt Suzuki and John Buck were total failures. In the piece I just linked to above I mentioned how close I was to getting Carlos Ruiz. [...]

(1) Erik Bedard released by Pirates. Kevin Correia to take over. (2) Mark Teixeira out 1-2 weeks with calf strain. (3) Felix Hernandez tosses 5th shutout. Amazing in second half. (4) Tyler Colvin hot again. (5) Brett Jackson driving ball into seats. Still striking out. (6) Luke Gregerson Padres new closer? (7) Dice-K on waivers. [...]

How fun is fantasy baseball? Instead of bemoaning the struggles of certain players, why don't we turn that frown upside down and see if there might be some players who have failed to live up to expectations to this point of the season that might be able to lend a boost to our fantasy squad [...]

Yesterday in SWIP: 2012 -- Starters, I gave a detailed description of exactly what SWIP is before I took a look at the starting pitcher pool from 2011. In PART II of my SWIP report, I'll take a look at all the hurlers who tossed less than 160 innings including a discussion about the men [...]