As the season begins to wind down, the news around fantasy baseball starts to slow down as most of you are either too far out in points, or have been eliminated from your playoffs. So, if you are reading this, chances are you are still hanging around. Here is the latest from around the league:

1. Billy Wagner is officially out for the rest of the season......and out for 2009 too! Wagner has a tear in his flexor tendon in his pitching elbow, and the recovery time for this surgery is a year, meaning that Wagner's time in New York is almost surely over. The Mets will continue to have to piece together that bullpen for the rest of the year, and Luis Ayala has been getting the save chances at the moment.

2. Chris Carpenter will be used as the Cardinals closer whenever he is available. Now, Carpenter won't be throwing two days in a row, or even two out of three. But if Tony LaRussa can use Carpenter a couple of times a week, he will be giving the ball to the former Cy Young winner whenever he can to finish the game.

3. Evan Longoria should be playing before the end of the week. The Rays brought their ROY hopeful off of the DL, but he hasn't gotten a start yet. However, manager Joe Madden hasn't said which day that he would play, but as their division lead shrinks to next to nothing, you can bet that Longoria will be back on the field sooner rather than later.

4. Travis Hafner should be recalled from the minors on Tuesday. Pronk has been a monumental disappointment for his fantasy owners this season between his ineffectiveness and injury woes. However, a lot of the bad feelings that his owners have toward him will go away if Hafner can come back and make any kind of impact down the stretch. Given the amount of time he has been out, I wouldn't hold my breath for that.

5. Brandon Morrow has successful first start. Brandon Morrow has had quite a season. First, he was a lights out setup man. Second, he was a pretty good closer option when J.J. Putz got hurt, many said he was better than Putz. Now, after being sent to the minors to stretch out his arm, Morrow is back with the big club, and his first start was great against the Yankees. Morrow didn't give up a hit until the 8th inning, and it looks like he could be a starter that could help you for the rest of the season.

6. J.D. Drew set to return. Drew was reactivated from the Disabled List on Monday, but wasn't in the lineup against the Rays. Drew was having a pretty good season with 19 homers and 64 RBI before the injury, but I'm not sure that Drew will be playing everyday. If you are a Drew owner, I would keep him on the bench until I saw him start two games in a row.

7. Matt Lindstrom will be the Marlins' closer.....even when Gregg returns. Manager Fredi Gonzalez has announced that Lindstrom is his closer for the rest of the season, even when the regular closer comes back from injury. It isn't a total surprise considering that Gregg has blown nine saves this season. The Marlins are just playing out the string at this point, so not sure how many save opps Lindstrom will get, but he is the man for the rest of the season. If you check out Lindstrom's minor league and major league career numbers, there is nothing that gets you all that excited, but keep an eye on him for next season.

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