Brian Fuentes

1 April 2009

John Frascella
John Frascella

MLB's Top Five Bullpens

ing arm angle.

3-Anaheim Angels: Justin Speier, Darren Oliver, Scott Shields, Jose Arredondo, and Brian Fuentes.

I'm not an Arredondo lover -- I think his numbers belied his ability in '08 -- but I can't deny the astounding success he had. Fuentes seemed to settle back in as a closer last year, and Shields is as steady as they come in setup situations. 

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26 July 2008

Street Reporter
Street Reporter

Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

First baseman Mark Teixeira is the big name that's been bandied about in baseball, and (except for Brian Fuentes and Matt Holliday, who will either go close to the deadline or not at all) is the Last Man Standing as far as frontline trade candidates go.

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8 March 2008

Jeff Dufour
Jeff Dufour

Part III: NL West

ckies also put together a solid bullpen.  Their 8th and 9th inning should be all but done with Brian Fuentes as the set-up and Manny Corpas closing games out.  Other than these two they have some young arms and some question marks.  If their bullpen can put it together in the middle innings this will be a dangerous team and could actually win the division this season.

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