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Prior to Friday's tilt against the Diamondbacks, Giants skipper Bruce Bochy confirmed that Santiago Casilla will no longer be the designated closer for the team. Instead, San Francisco will be moving to a closer-by-committee configuration. The new setup was immediately to the test on Friday night, with the Giants and D-Backs tied entering the ninth inning.... Read More
While Joe Nathan was technically charged with the blown save, Santiago Casilla and Josh Osich hold equal shares in Wednesday night's implosion against the Rockies. Entering the ninth with a two-run lead, Casilla immediately surrendered a solo home run to Nolan Arenado. After striking out David Dahl, he allowed Tom Murphy to reach first base... Read More
Santiago Casilla had quite an adventure on the mound against the Padres on Saturday night, ultimately blowing his fifth save of the 2016 season. Immediately after Buster Posey gave the Giants a 6-5 lead with a solo shot in the top of the 10th inning, Santiago came out of the bullpen to submit a nightmare inning:... Read More
Santiago Casilla slammed the door on the Diamondbacks on Saturday, picking up his 21st save of the 2016 season. As usual, it wasn't entirely drama-free, as Casilla allowed a one-out double to Phil Gosselin. After a roller coaster start to the 2016 season, Casilla has settled down quite nicely, surrendering runs in just one of... Read More
After a few lackluster performances in early June, the Giants have been using closer Santiago Casilla as part of matchup-based late-inning committee, allowing both Derek Law and Hunter Strickland to pick up a save in the past week. On Tuesday night against the Brewers, Casilla had the ninth inning all to himself, and rose to the occasion:... Read More
Santiago Casilla recorded two outs against the Dodgers on Sunday evening to register his 13th save of the season. While skipper Bruce Bochy has been mum on the Giants late-game relief, his recent use of veteran closer Casilla doesn't exactly exude confidence. Casilla has turned in scoreless outings in just three of his six games during the... Read More
On Tuesday night, Giants closer Santiago Casilla allowed the winning runs to score in the tenth inning of a tie game against the Boston Red Sox. Summoned in the ninth inning to face the bottom half of the Boston lineup, Casilla sandwiched a groundout between two strikeouts. When Bruce Bochy brought him back out for... Read More
Giants closer Santiago Casilla blew his fourth save of the season on Wednesday against the Braves. After striking out Freddie Freeman to begin the ninth inning, Casilla plunked Adonis Garcia and surrendered a single to Nick Markakis. He then uncorked a wild pitch to allow Garcia to cross the plate as the tying run, pushing... Read More
Giants closer Santiago Casilla picked up his ninth save of 2016 in Sunday afternoon's 2-1 San Francisco victory over Arizona. As if Casilla needed any more adventure lately - blowing a save on Thursday evening, then flying off the handle after getting pulled during Friday's messy outing - he made sure to close out the... Read More
Giants closer Santiago Casilla struck out each of the two batters he faced to close out a 3-1 victory over the Diamondbacks on Friday night. The veteran reliever has sure had an interesting week. On Wednesday night, he blew his second save of the season, surrendering a solo home run to Michael Saunders that sent the... Read More
What a week in the EPL. Jamie Vardy breaks the consecutive match goal scoring record, while Arsenal drop points and suffer more injuries. How Arsene Wenger must now regret not adding to his squad in the summer transfer window. It may come back to haunt him, especially if Liverpool continue the scintillating form they have... Read More
The 2015 Major League Soccer (MLS) season draws closer to crowning its winner as the conference semifinals are now in the books, leaving us with the final four contenders – two from each conference. The conference finals will be played in the same format as the semifinals with two games deciding the conference winner, and... Read More
The latest rounds of EPL fixtures await and beware the dreaded Champions League hangover. Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion A terrible loss for West Brom against Everton, who in the space of 30 minutes went from a projected 7th in the league to 15th, will motivate the Baggies and they will be keen to put... Read More
MLB Injury Updates & Spring Training Standouts RotoBaller is very excited about the launch of our very own radio station. You can now find our new shows on BlogTalkRadio live or on demand, and on iTunes under podcasts. Every Wednesday night at 9:30 PM EST, RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and co-host Anthony Aniano of DraftSmashers Radio... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Target in Late Rounds if Given A Rotation Spot ANALYSIS: As a spot starter and long reliever, Yusmeiro Petit logged 117 innings with a 3.69 ERA in 2014, setting an MLB record for consecutive batters retired in the process. As a result, his name has rightly been tossed around in sleeper conversations. Petit's... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues (if you need saves) ANALYSIS: With the Red Sox out of contention, Koji Uehara was shut down for the remainder of the season. Edward Mujica has stepped into the closer's role, making him the latest edition to our waiver wire sleepers list for saves. Tonight he nailed down his 4th save... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Owned in 6% of Fleaflicker, 38% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Rafael Soriano has been yanked from the closer's role in Washington, and Drew Storen has been pitching admirably as his replacement. Racking up three saves over the last 7 days, Storen is now making his way onto our waiver wire sleepers list... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Owned in 71% of Yahoo, 29% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Not to say that Mike Fiers is really a sleeper anymore, seeing as he is owned in almost three out of every four leagues, but he is still under owned, given how he has pitched since returning to Milwaukee's rotation in early August.... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ANALYSIS: With the recent news that stud closer Sean Doolittle hit the DL, Eric O'Flaherty has stepped in as the Oakland closer and has made his way onto our waiver wire sleepers list for saves. Let's be honest here - there is no replacing Doolittle. He has been absolutely filthy this year. But... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in Most Mixed Leagues ANALYSIS: With 16 saves in 20 opportunities, Hector Rondon has emerged as a legitimate major league closer. The 26-year-old righty has a 3.30 ERA over 46.1 innings pitched, striking out 49 in the process. He draws a remarkable 49.6% ground ball percentage and as a result, has only given... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ANALYSIS: Jake McGee is the new Sean Doolittle, and by that I mean he's the new "most dominant closer who also doesn't walk anyone, ever, for real". Don't believe me? Consider this: since taking over the closer role for the Rays on June 27th, McGee has pitched 17 innings, during which... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ANALYSIS: With the recent news that Zach Putnam has been placed on the DL earlier today, some more clarity has has been shed onto the White Sox bullpen situation. Jake Petricka should now have the opportunity to handle the closer duties all to himself, at least in the short term, making him... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: The closer carousel continues as Joakim Soria has been shipped to the Tigers to either close or setup for incumbent Joe Nathan, opening a spot at the backend of the Texas Rangers bullpen. Enter Neftali Feliz, who should walk right into that open spot and run with it all the way to the... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ANALYSIS: It's clear the ChiSox have settled on Zach Putnam as their closer after notching back-to-back saves on July 18th and 19th. If you own Petricka, you can safely cut him loose now, because despite Ventura's public statements that the closer role will be shared, it's looking more likely that Putnam... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: By now you've surely heard the most recent closer carousel news. Huston Street has been sent 90 minutes north and is closing for the Los Angeles Angels, and Joaquin Benoit has inherited the Padres 9th inning duties. Benoit proved last year he can handle the closing reigns, racking up 24 saves for... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in Most Leagues ANALYSIS: The Tampa Bay Ray's bullpen has been manned by a number of relievers, but none have been as successful as Jake McGee. McGee seems to have been the closer in waiting for a couple of seasons, and now he's getting more of an opportunity, with 3 saves in... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Continue Scouting ANALYSIS: Brad Boxberger has been one of the Rays' more dominant relief pitchers in 2014. He's having a breakout season, pitching to a 2.87 ERA with a.93 WHIP and an impressive 48:12 K:BB ratio in just 31.1 IP. His filthy strikeout stuff is well suited to the closer role, but Boxberger, with just... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues (that value saves) ANALYSIS: With the news that Ronald Belisario was officially removed from the closer's role, Zach Putnam becomes the most recent addition to our list of saves sleepers to target off the waiver wire. While it hasn't been officially stated that Putnam is the new team closer, he looks like the favorite and is... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ANALYSIS: With the recent news that the struggling Sergio Romo has been removed from the closer's role, Santiago Casilla becomes an immediate addition to our waiver wire sleepers list for saves. Bruce Bochy stated that Casilla and Jeremy Affeldt would form a committee, but we prefer Casilla is the better option... Read More
