Paul Sporer’s 2022 Reliever Rankings and Closer Chart Vol. 2 by Paul Sporer March 24, 2022 John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Volume 1 Closer Podcast The end of the lockout hasn’t cleared things up quite as much as we were hoping, especially with Kimbrel still not traded and unlikely to be by Opening Day at this point. I’ve got the Closer Chart for you with my Next-In-Line and Darkhorse candidates so you can see every bullpen at a glance and then there is a straight ranking of the relievers after that where you can see that I favor some of the Medium stability closers over some of the High stability guys. It is admittedly hard to be super confident in a reliever ranking after the 10-15 just because who you already have will then dictate where you go later in terms of handcuffing or dipping into other bullpens with lottery tickets, etc… so don’t be too locked into the exact order of the ranking sheet. CLOSER CHART — UPDATED 3/30/22 2022 Closer Chart TEAM CLOSER STABILITY NEXT UP DARKHORSE MIL Josh Hader Ace Devin Williams Jake Cousins CWS Liam Hendriks Ace Craig Kimbrel Kendall Graveman CLE Emmanuel Clase Ace James Karinchak Anthony Gose LAA Raisel Iglesias Ace Ryan Tepera Mike Mayers HOU Ryan Pressly High Héctor Neris Ryne Stanek ATL Kenley Jansen High Will Smith Tyler Matzek NYM Edwin Díaz High Trevor May Seth Lugo NYY Aroldis Chapman High Jonathan Loáisiga Chad Green ARI Mark Melancon High Ian Kennedy Taylor Widener STL Giovanny Gallegos Medium Génesis Cabrera Jordan Hicks TOR Jordan Romano Medium Julian Merryweather Yimi García MIN Taylor Rogers Medium Tyler Duffey Jorge Alcala LAD Blake Treinen Medium Daniel Hudson Brusdar Graterol PHI Corey Knebel Medium Jeurys Familia Brad Hand KCR Scott Barlow Medium Josh Staumont Amir Garrett MIA Dylan Floro Medium Anthony Bender Anthony Bass DET Gregory Soto Medium Michael Fulmer Alex Lange BOS Matt Barnes Medium Garrett Whitlock Jake Diekman COL Alex Colomé Medium Daniel Bard/Carlos Estévez Robert Stephenson PIT Chris Stratton Unstable David Bednar Heath Hembree SFG Jake McGee Unstable Camilo Doval Tyler Rogers TEX Spencer Patton Unstable Joe Barlow Greg Holland BAL Cole Sulser Unstable Tyler Wells Tanner Scott TBR Andrew Kittredge Unstable Brooks Raley 레일리 JT Chargois SEA Drew Steckenrider Unstable Ken Giles Paul Sewald CIN Lucas Sims Unstable Luis Cessa Art Warren SDP Robert Suarez Unstable Dinelson Lamet Luis García OAK Lou Trivino Unstable Domingo Acevedo A.J. Puk CHC Rowan Wick Unstable Mychal Givens David Robertson WAS Kyle Finnegan Unstable Tanner Rainey Steve Cishek RANKING LIST 2022 Reliever Rankings RELIEF PITCHER TM 1 Josh Hader MIL 2 Liam Hendriks CWS 3 Emmanuel Clase CLE 4 Raisel Iglesias LAA 5 Ryan Pressly HOU 6 Kenley Jansen ATL 7 Giovanny Gallegos STL 8 Jordan Romano TOR 9 Edwin Díaz NYM 10 Taylor Rogers MIN 11 Aroldis Chapman NYY 12 Blake Treinen LAD 13 Corey Knebel PHI 14 Scott Barlow KCR 15 Dylan Floro MIA 16 Mark Melancon ARI 17 Gregory Soto DET 18 Joe Barlow TEX 19 David Bednar PIT 20 Matt Barnes BOS 21 Camilo Doval SFG 22 Jake McGee SFG 23 Lou Trivino OAK 24 Robert Suarez SDP 25 Andrew Kittredge TBR 26 Craig Kimbrel CWS 27 Tyler Wells BAL 28 Drew Steckenrider SEA 29 Ken Giles SEA 30 Paul Sewald SEA 31 Cole Sulser BAL 32 Rowan Wick CHC 33 Alex Colomé COL 34 Lucas Sims CIN 35 Dinelson Lamet SDP 36 Michael Fulmer DET 37 Kyle Finnegan WAS 38 Anthony Bender MIA 39 Art Warren CIN 40 Jonathan Loáisiga NYY 41 Devin Williams MIL 42 Garrett Whitlock BOS 43 Josh Staumont KCR 44 Tyler Matzek ATL 45 Will Smith ATL 46 Ian Kennedy ARI 47 Domingo Acevedo OAK 48 Jorge Alcala MIN 49 Kendall Graveman CWS 50 Julian Merryweather TOR 51 Luis Cessa CIN 52 Chad Green NYY 53 Ryan Tepera LAA 54 Carlos Estévez COL 55 Daniel Bard COL 56 Pete Fairbanks TBR 57 Tanner Rainey WAS 58 Aaron Loup LAA 59 Andrés Muñoz SEA 60 Pierce Johnson SDP 61 Trevor May NYM 62 Diego Castillo SEA 63 Héctor Neris HOU 64 Jake Diekman BOS 65 James Karinchak CLE 66 Mike Mayers LAA 67 Brusdar Graterol LAD 68 Amir Garrett KCR 69 Andrew Chafin DET 70 Tanner Scott BAL 71 J.P. Feyereisen TBR 72 J.B. Wendelken ARI 73 Tyler Duffey MIN 74 Daniel Hudson LAD 75 Spencer Patton TEX