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Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell said that relief pitcher Jeremy Jeffress (shoulder) will throw live batting practice on Wednesday and then go with the team to Milwaukee for Opening Day. Jeffress will then return to Arizona to pitch in games at minor league camp. The team is hoping that he'll only miss around two to three weeks of the season. [...]

Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress(shoulder) will start 2019 on the injured list, according to manager Craig Counsell. Jeffress is currently dealing with shoulder fatigue, though the absence doesn't seem to be lengthy. Jeffress has already thrown a bullpen session but won't have enough time to rebuild strength by opening day. [...]

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One of the most commonly overlooked aspects when drafting a player in fantasy baseball is projecting how their season could play out. We sometimes dont see the possible outcomes of playing time factors that a player can see during the course of a season. [...]

Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress started the year as a setup guy but finished the season as the primary closer. Jeffress had one of the most successful seasons of his career in 2018, and it led to the closer job in the second half when Corey Knebel fell apart. He enjoyed an 8-1 record with 15 saves and 18 holds. Jeffries also struck out 89 batters in 73 innings and had a phenomenal 1.29 ERA that was only bested by Blake Treinen (0.78). His success came in part to a 29.8% strikeout, [...]

Recent seasons have shown how a great relief corps can sometimes be a cheap and powerful way to bolster a team. Moreover, the move to convert semi-viable starters to relief pitchers has increased the number of legitimately good relievers rather than hoping to luck into the good Joel Hanrahan (excellent for two years, unusable otherwise).Josh Hader and Arodys Vizcaino represent two powerful arms in the reliever landscape. Hader sports a dynamic fastball and slider combination that made for one of[...]

Its never too early to start looking toward the fantasy baseball season, and Im here to continue RotoBallers position-by-position rankings analysis series for points league and head-to-head (H2H) formats with the ever-volatile relief pitcher position. The "closer carousel" seems to spin faster and faster every year, and there are very few names in the 'set it and forget it' category. [...]

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