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Fantasy Baseball Player Update: Alex Claudio/Matt Bush
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It's happening.
Deals are being made. Breaking points are being reached. Welcomes are being worn out.
Changes are afoot.
You want to stay ahead? You better keep abreast. That Nationals trade Sunday was just the start of what's sure to be a league-wide reshaping of the bullpens.
The biggest waste, as baseball resources go, is someone who preserves a lead that doesn't matter. Every year at about this time, the contenders are in an arms race that the pretenders are all too happy to facilitate
Before the All-Star break, I looked at some of the top closers-in-waiting across baseball -- an exercise that was mostly theoretical -- but we're actually witnessing a changing of the guard in six bullpens.