Climbing Tal's Hill » Craig Kimbrel http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 24 May 2013 03:11:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Never overpay for saves http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/12/03/never-overpay-for-saves/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/12/03/never-overpay-for-saves/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:10:08 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=5058 It’s an old adage that rings true whether you’re a big time MLB General Manager or just the owner of a fantasy baseball team. Never overpay for saves. Last season closers started dropping like flies before the season even started. That trend would continue throughout the year and big league managers were forced to reevaluate [...]

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]]> It’s an old adage that rings true whether you’re a big time MLB General Manager or just the owner of a fantasy baseball team. Never overpay for saves. Last season closers started dropping like flies before the season even started. That trend would continue throughout the year and big league managers were forced to reevaluate their bullpen personnel on a regular basis.

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]]> With Opening Day on the horizon it’s time to take a look at the National League East. The national media will tell us this is the best division in the N.L. but I’m not so sure. Philadelphia and Atlanta should be good and the Mets will be bad. The jury is still out on Miami and Washington. Here’s a closer look at all five squads.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/04/03/n-l-east-division-preview/feed/ 0 Reliever of the Year Award winners at FanSided http://climbingtalshill.com/2011/10/14/reliever-of-the-year-award-winners-at-fansided/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2011/10/14/reliever-of-the-year-award-winners-at-fansided/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:14:26 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=2292 The votes are in for the FanSided Reliever of the Year Awards. The American League results can be found here. I had Atlanta’s Craig Kimbrel at the top of my National League ballot. Even though he struggled a bit down the stretch, I thought the rookie’s numbers were too impressive to ignore. The rest of [...]

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]]> The votes are in for the FanSided Reliever of the Year Awards. The American League results can be found here. I had Atlanta’s Craig Kimbrel at the top of my National League ballot. Even though he struggled a bit down the stretch, I thought the rookie’s numbers were too impressive to ignore. The rest of my ballot included Joel Hanrahan, J.J. Putz, John Axford, Jonny Venters, and David Hernandez. The vote totals and related article from “Call to the Pen” can be accessed by clicking on the page below.

 


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