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Ranking contenders' bullpens

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Here we are a week into August, and National League starters have thrown 31 complete games this season. Only three more and they'll pass Robin Roberts' total of 33 with the 1953 Philadelphia Phillies. Think bullpens rank low on the priority list for general managers these days? You must not have been monitoring the trade-deadline buzz last week when executives for contending clubs scrambled to add pieces for the stretch drive. As it turns out, only the Diamondbacks (Jon Rauch), Marlins (Arthur ...

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