Blog Entries tagged 'Brandon Lyon'

Arizona Shores Up Bullpen

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The Diamondbacks have acquired pitcher Jon Rauch in an attempt to shore up their shaky bullpen. Arizona had seen their relief corps as a strength earlier in the season, but the performances of Brandon Lyon, Chad Qualls, and Toney Pena have dropped off in recent weeks and Juan Cruz and Doug Slaten remain on the disabled list.

Rauch has been solid this season as the closer for the Nationals for most of the season. At 6-foot-11 he is the [...]

Scherzer, Saltalamacchia Called Up

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No sooner had I speculated about some top prospects that could help both their real and fantasy teams immediately two of them received the call to the majors.

- Max Scherzer, who has been utterly dominant so far this season, was brought up to bolster the Arizona bullpen. No, he won't be taking over the closer role from Brandon Lyon or even the set-up role from Tony Pena. And it also appears he won't be starting either. He will be taking the place of Yusme [...]