FANTASY BASEBALL: Reliever Power Rankings – Week 6
FANTASY BASEBALL
Reliever Power Rankings – Week 6
Relief pitchers. The most volatile position in fantasy baseball. So much changes very quickly. So I’m here to help you make sense of it all. This is a list of the top 50 relief pitchers in baseball in order of their projected value for the rest of the season. Only pitchers who are currently in relief roles will be considered for the list. I’ll update this weekly.
| 1. Craig Kimbrel, ATL | 26. Sergio Santos, LAD |
| 2. Jonathan Papelbon, PHI | 27. Alfredo Aceves, BOS |
| 3. David Robertson, NYY | 28. Scott Downs, LAA |
| 4. John Axford, MIL | 29. Matt Capps, MIN |
| 5. Sean Marshall, CIN | 30. Hector Santiago, CHW |
| 6. Rafael Betancourt, COL | 31. Matt Thornton, CHW |
| 7. Jason Motte, STL | 32. Francisco Cordero, TOR |
| 8. Joel Hanrahan, PIT | 33. Jordan Walden, LAA |
| 9. Joe Nathan, TEX | 34. Steve Cishek, MIA |
| 10. Jim Johnson, BAL | 35. Tyler Clippard, WAS |
| 11. Henry Rodriguez, WAS | 36. David Hernandez, ARI |
| 12. Brett Myers, HOU | 37. Frank Francisco, NYM |
| 13. Jose Valverde, DET | 38. Mike Adams, TEX |
| 14. Fernando Rodney, TB | 39. Rafael Soriano, NYY |
| 15. Aroldis Chapman, CIN | 40. Rafael Dolis, CHC |
| 16. Brandon League, SEA | 41. Addison Reed, CHW |
| 17. J.J. Putz, ARI | 42. Sergio Romo, SF |
| 18. Huston Street, SD | 43. Drew Storen, WAS |
| 19. Santiago Casilla, SF | 44. Tom Wilhelmsen, SEA |
| 20. Chris Perez, CLE | 45. Carlos Marmol, CHC |
| 21. Kenley Jansen, LAD | 46. Luke Gregorson, SD |
| 22. Grant Balfour, OAK | 47. Joel Peralta, TB |
| 23. Jonathan Broxton, KC | 48. Aaron Crow, KC |
| 24. Jonny Venters, ATL | 49. Francisco Rodriguez, MIL |
| 25. Javy Guerra, LAD | 50. Ryan Cook, OAK |
(Check out where Muntradamus ranked his closers)
Today’s must-watch game: MIL @ SF, 10:15pm ET. It’s a battle of the aces as former Cy Young Award winners Zack Greinke and Tim Lincecum battle it out on the bay.
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Hello WunderChad and Muntradamus,
First of all, WunderChad, welcome to the Beastdome Community and glad to have another astute perspective upon Fantasy Baseball. Also, just followed you on Twitter! I was wondering if you could help me with my current situation… I am in a 14 man H2H “raw fantasy score” league and am still becoming more acclimated with the sport (1st time in Fantasy Baseball and Fantasy Sports for that matter). Cliff Lee, my all star pitcher, is currently out at the moment, and my amazing relief pitcher Mariano Rivera could potentially have a career ending injury. Furthermore, Pablo Sandoval is out as well. Anyway, what I intend on asking is, what adjustments if any should be taken in order to improve my team? Here is my current line up:
http://games.espn.go.com/flb/boxscorefull?leagueId=23396&teamId=3&scoringPeriodId=38&seasonId=2012&view=scoringperiod&version=full
Thanks in advance, and I appreciate the articles!
Kind Regards,
Scream, otherwise known as Garrett
Yea, welcome WunderChad
Thanks for the welcome, guys. Glad to be here. Garrett, the first thing to do is onvious, and that’s drop Rivera. That leaves you with two empty roster spots which I would fill with Beckett, who someone foolishly dropped in your league, and Scott Downs. Downs migh not be he closer the rest of the way, but while he is, he should be owned. I would also try to trade one of your catchers for additional starting pithing help.
Sorry for the typos. My phone is being moody.
Alright I just made the adjustments, should I consider picking up Adam Wainwright in the future as well when Scott Downs ends he hot streak (if he does anyway)?