Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Rex Brothers picked up his first save of the season on Friday versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Brother relieved Ryan Tepera and inherited a runner on first base with two outs. Brothers would allow a single and hit by pitch, but then got Bryan Reynold fly out. Closer Craig Kimbrel was seemed to be unavailable after pitching the Cubs last two games and that led manager David Ross to go with a combination of Tepera and Brothers. Both can be left on the waiver wire for ...

Braves' manager Brian Snitker shifted closer Jim Johnson to a set-up role after his eighth blown save of the season last night. Brothers relieved Johnson in the eighth inning and continued into the ninth where he surrendered a lead-off double to Andrew Knapp. Though Akeel Morris was the arm that all[...]

A young prospect is ready to make his name at the big league level, or is he? The story of the top second base prospect is one of many storylines in today's piece. ELITE PROSPECT CALLED UP Kolten Wong has been called up. Who is Kolten Wong? According to many he may be the best [...]

I was away this weekend on another mini vacation (Monterey this time), but baseball never tops. Don't think a romantic weekend away precluded me from doing my duty though. I sat there, looking at the waves crash on the beach, as I put in my bids for the waiver-wire this week. Here's how it went [...]

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 [...]