The Fantasy Baseball Defense of Steve Cishek for @TheFantasyFix

It seems that Cishek’s tombstone is going to read Closer, July 14, 2012 – October 2, 2012. Few appear to believe in the skillset and, upon Jon Rauch signing with the Marlins, many thought Cishek would be Rauch’d quite quickly.

We’ll address the skillset first.

Read the full article here or http://www.thefantasyfix.com/2013/02/the-fantasy-baseball-defense-of-steve-cishek/

Bottom of the Ninth: Every Closer Be Shuffling for @Razzball

Bottom of the Ninth: Every Closer Be Shuffling for Razzball: http://razzball.com/bottom-of-the-ninth-every-closer-be-shuffling. A fantasy baseball and roto analysis of the bullpens and closers in Major League Baseball, specifically: Grant Balfour, Brian Fuentes, Ryan Cook, Scott Downs, Jordan Walden, Joel Hanrahan, Brandon League, Huston Street, Kenley Jansen, Javy Guerra, Hector Santiago, Matt Thornton, Addison Reed, Dylan Axelrod, Frank Francisco, Jon Rauch, Bobby Parnell, Matt Capps, Glenn Perkins, Deolis Guerra, Heath Bell, Edward Mujica, Steve Cishek, Juan Cruz, Jason Grilli, Huston Street, Andrew Cashner, Ernesto Freiri, Tom Wilhelmsen, Brandon League, Rafael Betancourt, Matt Belisle, Rex Brothers, Kyle Farnsworth, Fernando Rodney, fantasy baseball, roto and much more!

I wrote the Closer Section of @TheFantasyFix Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide

The guide and my analysis isnt free, but totally worth the price of admission (like $4.99): http://www.thefantasyfix.com/2012-baseball-draft-guide.html.

I include a nifty closer chart breakdown modeled on Batman and cover Carlos Marmol, Joel Hanrahan, Rafael Betancourt, Sergio Santos, Joe Nathan, Jordan Walden, Addison Reed, Matt Thornton, Grant Balfour, Brian Fuentes, Fautino de los Santos, Javy Guerra, Kenley Jansen, Jim Johnson, Kevin Gregg, Jason Berken, Matt Lindstrom, Brandon Lyon, David Carpenter, Wilton Lopez, Anuery Rodriguez, Wesley Wright, Sean Marshall, Vinnie Pestano, Chris Perez, Frank Francisco, Jon Rauch, Andrew Bailey, Mark Melancon and much more!

h2h Corner ~ Nathan takes a ride on the closer carousel

I don’t think anyone would have bet that Joe Nathan would be the first closer to pay his quarter to ride the carousel. But Nathan is done for the year, and Roby Neyer does a good job elucidating on the Twins bull pen options.