All Star Break Consensus Ranks: Closers

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July 19, 2013

Time to rank the closers!

Again, we’re going to the bullpen report guys to do the rankings — Alan Harrison, Ben Pasinkoff and Colin Zarzycki at your service.

Take a good look now, because any minute now things might change. The Brewers, Phillies, Mets, Astros, Marlins, Cubs, and Padres all look like they could sell a bullpen piece. Problem is, there are fewer identifiable buyers with that need. Detroit is obvious. Maybe the Braves could use a lefty. Maybe the Orioles would buy a closer. Maybe the Dodgers would trade for a reliever, Ned Colletti is crazy like that.

So maybe there will be less movement in these rankings than we anticipate.

With the color-coding we hope to highlight the biggest movers. That definition changes as you follow the ranks down the list — players had to move more to register a color change as you near the bottom of the list. These are rest-of-season rankings for 5×5 roto. You can find the projections on every player page and the depth charts here.

RG Reliever BP AH CZ
1 Craig Kimbrel 1 1 1
2 Aroldis Chapman 2 2 2
3 Kenley Jansen 5 3 3
4 Jason Grilli 3 4 6
5 Joe Nathan 6 5 4
6 Greg Holland 4 7 5
7 Mariano Rivera 7 6 8
8 Addison Reed 9 8 11
9 Sergio Romo 11 10 7
10 Edward Mujica 8 9 12
11 Glen Perkins 10 14 10
12 Bobby Parnell 13 12 15
13 Casey Janssen 15 13 13
14 Rafael Soriano 12 15 14
15 Grant Balfour 16 11 16
16 Jonathan Papelbon 17 16 18
17 Fernando Rodney 14 18 19
18 Koji Uehara 20 26 9
19 Jim Johnson 19 20 17
20 Chris Perez 22 19 21
21 Ernesto Frieri 18 21 23
22 Joaquin Benoit 21 22 20
23 Huston Street 23 17 24
24 Rafael Betancourt 24 25 22
25 Francisco Rodriguez 25 23 26
26 Steve Cishek 26 24 29
27 Tom Wilhelmsen 27 27 25
28 Kevin Gregg 29 28 27
29 Jose Veras 28 29 30
30 Jim Henderson 30 31 33
31 JJ Putz 32 33 36
32 Mark Melancon 34 36 32
33 Rex Brothers 37 30 37
34 Luke Gregerson 36 38 31
35 Heath Bell 33 32 41
36 Trevor Rosenthal 31 34 41
37 David Robertson 35 37 35
38 David Hernandez 40 35 34
39 Tommy Hunter 38 39 40
40 Andrew Bailey 39 40 41

Also ranked once were Oliver Perez, John Axford, Antonio Bastardo, Jesse Crain, Steve Delabar, and Drew Smyly.





 

With a phone full of pictures of pitchers' fingers, strange beers, and his two toddler sons, Eno Sarris can be found at the ballpark or a brewery most days. Read him here, writing about the A's or Giants at The Athletic, or about beer at October. Follow him on Twitter @enosarris if you can handle the sandwiches and inanity.

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bradley newman
11 years ago

Kenley Jansen at 16 by AH sticks out like a sore thumb? Why the mediocre ranking? Seems like Jansen has metrics that puts him in top5. Is it health concerns in past?

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