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No one said pitching in the NL East was going to be easy, but this? Super tough weekend for all bullpens involved.Putting the Mets' surprising 14-6 record aside for one moment, you could argue this is the toughest division in baseball right now. The Marlins' bullpen is a mess, and the Braves' situation hasn't looked much better, which really makes Jeurys Familia's rise back to Top 5 closer stardom all the more impressive.After 11.1 untouchable innings, though, Familia faltered over the weekend. Here we were thinking…

The Baseball Show, guest Jason Collette After a two week hiatus, The Baseball Show returns with guest Jason Collette! We are trying out a new format in which we release the full episode as an audio podcast. It will be available on our Soundcloud/iTunes feeds, and then we will present a condensed video montage.This week we welcome Jason Collette (@jasoncollette) of Fangraph's The Sleeper and The Bust podcast, as well as RotoWire, and ESPN's the Sweet Spot. We discussed Tyler O'Neill's promotion. Also we reviewed Hot…

Here we are for another week, and it's party time! The ugly weather is behind us, so bah gawd let's play some baseball!Don't suck down too much RonDiaz and get all short-sample happy on your roster, though, my friends. That's almost as bad as taking your pants off on a boat during spring break. Don't act like you haven't done it.It's important during these early weeks to exercise patience with your roster. For instance, Hanley Ramirez is on pace for a 30/30 season, just as he predicted during spring training. Will he…

Let me start by thanking you all. Joey Lucchesi's ownership finally increased to more than 75% of Fantrax leagues, so he will not be included here again. I was getting a little worried that I might have to remind everyone for a third time about how damn good Lucchesi has been and could be for the rest of the season.Nope, not going there again. Instead, there's a fresh new batch of players this week hot out of the oven. Included in the six-pack of waiver wire recommendations below are two rookies, a Colorado arm (gasp!),…

Even people living under rocks know about the offensive prowess of Vladimir Guerreo Jr. and Bo Bichette, two second-generation hitters who have been turning heads all spring. Prospects like this don't come around very often, and the fact that both currently play for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats is just plain unfair for the rest of the Eastern League. Not to mention that Craig Biggio's son and Yuli Gurriel's little brother are also on the roster.On Saturday night, when the temperatures sat in the mid to upper-30s, I sat…