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Brandon
Backe
Starting Pitcher
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Birthdate
5/4/1978
BAT/THR
Right/Right
Birthplace
Galveston, TX
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Position
Starting Pitcher
Birthdate
5/4/1978
BAT/THR
Right/Right
Birthplace
Galveston, TX
Career History
Houston Astros
2004-2009 (6 Seasons)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2002-2003 (2 Seasons)
MLB News
Fantasy baseball forecaster: Team hitting ratings
Stay ahead of the game and optimize your fantasy baseball hitters with our forecaster, which provides a rolling 10-day outlook of every team's hitting matchups as well as the potential for stolen bases.
Fantasy baseball forecaster: Pitcher projections for the next 10 days
Keep up to date on who is pitching -- and how well they're expected to do -- with our forecaster, which provides a rolling 10-day outlook of every team's probable starting pitchers with game score projections.
Fantasy baseball: Pitchers who may cool as temperatures rise
Todd Zola takes a look at how the hotter temperatures of summer are going to have a greater impact on these fly ball pitchers.
Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Wednesday's MLB games
Everything you need to know to place your MLB bets and set your fantasy baseball lineups for Wednesday, June 26.
Face any pitcher, any time: Inside MLB's new Trajekt tech
As pitchers throw harder and harder, hitters need every advantage they can get. Here's what MLB is allowing during games -- and how players feel about it.
Why the Trajekt Arc is catching on in MLB
Alden Gonzalez breaks down the different reactions by hitters and pitchers to the use of the Trajekt Arc pitching machine in Major League Baseball.