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2008 Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitchers Rankings & Projections (#1-75)

(By Mike Inglett of Sport Fanatics - Developer of the Sport Fanatics Projections)

 

The rankings are based on projected statistics for the 2008 season. The player rankings were determined for a typical 5 X 5 rotisserie league by using wins, saves, ERA, WHIP and strikeouts for pitchers.

 

Catcher   First Base   Second Base   Shortstop   Third Base   OF (1-75)   OF (76-150)   OF (151-200)   DH

Starting Pitcher (1-75)    Starting Pitcher (76-150)   Starting Pitcher (151-225) 

Relief Pitcher (1-75)   Relief Pitcher (76-150)   Relief Pitcher (151-225)

Last Updated on March 29, 2008

 

RP Rank PLAYER TEAM POS AGE FP W  L  S  IP  HA ER  BB  K  ERA  WHIP  CMD  K/9 
1 J.J. Putz SEA RP 31.1 299.2 5 2 40 72 51 17 15 77 2.13 0.917 5.1 9.6
2 Jonathan Papelbon BOS RP 27.4 297.5 3 2 40 63 41 14 17 82 2.00 0.921 4.8 11.7
3 Francisco Rodriguez ANA RP 26.2 276.8 4 3 44 70 53 19 32 92 2.44 1.214 2.9 11.8
4 Joe Nathan MIN RP 33.4 275.8 4 2 38 65 49 16 18 75 2.22 1.031 4.2 10.4
5 Takashi Saito LAD RP 38.2 273.8 2 2 36 64 42 16 17 74 2.25 0.922 4.4 10.4
6 Mariano Rivera NYY RP 38.4 256.8 4 4 38 72 64 22 14 70 2.75 1.083 5.0 8.8
7 Billy Wagner NYM RP 36.7 248.2 3 3 38 70 58 22 23 79 2.83 1.157 3.4 10.2
8 Huston Street OAK RP 24.7 241.3 4 3 35 65 54 22 16 68 3.05 1.077 4.3 9.4
9 Matt Capps PIT RP 24.6 240.8 4 4 32 72 62 21 14 61 2.63 1.056 4.4 7.6
10 Rafael Soriano ATL RP 28.3 238.2 3 3 32 69 50 23 19 68 3.00 1.000 3.6 8.9
11 Bobby Jenks CHW RP 27.1 236.8 3 4 39 63 52 23 19 60 3.29 1.127 3.2 8.6
12 Jose Valverde HOU RP 28.7 233.9 2 4 37 64 48 23 26 80 3.23 1.156 3.1 11.3
13 Francisco Cordero CIN RP 32.9 223.2 3 3 36 68 59 26 24 81 3.44 1.221 3.4 10.7
14 Joakim Soria KC RP 23.9 222.2 2 4 32 70 56 24 23 73 3.09 1.129 3.2 9.4
15 Jason Isringhausen STL RP 35.6 221.9 4 3 34 65 49 21 30 55 2.91 1.215 1.8 7.6
16 Manuel Corpas COL RP 25.3 219.5 3 2 32 68 62 21 17 51 2.78 1.162 3.0 6.8
17 Trevor Hoffman SD RP 40.5 216.0 2 4 40 57 54 22 16 44 3.47 1.228 2.8 6.9
18 Chad Cordero WAS RP 26.1 202.7 4 4 33 73 69 27 27 63 3.33 1.315 2.3 7.8
19 Brad Lidge PHI RP 31.3 194.7 3 4 30 67 59 26 31 89 3.49 1.343 2.9 12.0
20 Eric Gagne MIL RP 32.3 190.1 3 4 28 60 51 23 23 62 3.45 1.233 2.7 9.3
21 George Sherrill BAL RP 31.0 187.8 3 3 25 45 33 16 20 51 3.20 1.178 2.6 10.2
22 B.J. Ryan TOR RP 32.3 186.3 2 2 29 48 43 17 18 48 3.19 1.271 2.7 9.0
23 Troy Percival TB RP 38.7 180.7 2 3 25 51 43 18 17 39 3.18 1.176 2.3 6.9
24 Brian Wilson SF RP 26.1 178.2 3 5 29 64 55 24 32 53 3.38 1.359 1.7 7.5
25 Carlos Marmol CHC RP 25.5 175.3 4 3 15 74 54 24 38 89 2.92 1.243 2.3 10.8
26 Kevin Gregg FLA RP 29.8 175.2 2 3 29 76 70 33 31 74 3.91 1.329 2.4 8.8
27 Rafael Betancourt CLE RP 32.9 170.4 4 3 6 71 57 22 13 71 2.79 0.986 5.5 9.0
28 C.J. Wilson TEX RP 27.4 168.2 2 3 24 62 53 24 26 57 3.48 1.274 2.2 8.3
29 Todd Jones DET RP 40.0 165.2 2 4 36 61 65 29 20 33 4.28 1.393 1.7 4.9
30 Jonathan Broxton LAD RP 23.8 163.9 5 2 5 75 62 23 23 91 2.76 1.133 4.0 10.9
31 Brandon Lyon ARI RP 28.7 163.6 4 4 24 66 66 26 21 45 3.55 1.318 2.1 6.1
32 Kerry Wood CHC RP 30.8 160.6 3 3 20 62 51 25 26 60 3.63 1.242 2.3 8.7
33 Joe Borowski CLE RP 36.9 156.7 3 5 30 63 67 31 20 54 4.43 1.381 2.7 7.7
34 Joba Chamberlain NYY RP 22.5 152.8 6 3 0 92 86 37 28 89 3.62 1.239 3.2 8.7
35 Pat Neshek MIN RP 27.6 144.2 6 3 3 66 48 24 25 70 3.27 1.106 2.8 9.5
36 Rafael Perez CLE RP 26.1 144.1 4 3 2 70 56 22 20 63 2.83 1.086 3.2 8.1
37 Heath Bell SD RP 30.5 142.3 4 3 3 76 65 25 24 80 2.96 1.171 3.3 9.5
38 Brian Fuentes COL RP 32.7 140.0 4 4 6 67 52 24 27 68 3.22 1.179 2.5 9.1
39 Bob Howry CHC RP 34.7 139.3 4 4 4 68 61 24 15 63 3.18 1.118 4.2 8.3
40 Scot Shields ANA RP 32.7 138.6 6 6 3 79 64 29 30 79 3.30 1.190 2.6 9.0
41 Hideki Okajima BOS RP 32.3 138.4 4 3 3 67 57 23 18 64 3.09 1.119 3.6 8.6
42 Tony Pena ARI RP 26.2 137.8 4 4 10 74 64 29 25 55 3.53 1.203 2.2 6.7
43 Jeremy Accardo TOR RP 26.3 136.1 3 3 10 64 56 24 21 50 3.38 1.203 2.4 7.0
44 Jon Rauch WAS RP 29.5 135.9 5 5 5 82 72 32 23 68 3.51 1.159 3.0 7.5
45 Joaquin Benoit TEX RP 30.7 135.7 4 4 6 78 65 30 30 80 3.46 1.218 2.7 9.2
46 Aaron Heilman NYM RP 29.4 133.6 5 5 2 82 71 29 23 64 3.18 1.146 2.8 7.0
47 Luis Ayala WAS RP 30.2 124.1 5 5 2 65 64 21 15 43 2.91 1.215 2.9 6.0
48 Chad Qualls ARI RP 29.6 121.9 5 3 5 73 72 28 22 63 3.45 1.288 2.9 7.8
49 Matt Lindstrom FLA RP 28.2 121.3 3 3 6 62 61 22 20 60 3.19 1.306 3.0 8.7
50 Justin Speier ANA RP 34.4 120.4 3 2 0 59 49 21 17 55 3.20 1.119 3.2 8.4
51 Russ Springer STL RP 39.4 118.2 4 3 2 59 49 23 19 52 3.51 1.153 2.7 7.9
52 Al Reyes TB RP 38.0 117.8 3 3 7 61 52 28 21 66 4.13 1.197 3.1 9.7
53 David Riske MIL RP 31.5 117.4 3 4 3 69 59 26 23 53 3.39 1.188 2.3 6.9
54 Cla Meredith SD RP 24.8 116.8 5 4 1 69 69 25 15 52 3.26 1.217 3.5 6.8
55 Fernando Rodney DET RP 31.1 116.8 4 5 4 62 51 25 26 63 3.63 1.242 2.4 9.1
56 Dan Wheeler TB RP 30.3 111.5 3 4 3 72 65 31 23 73 3.88 1.222 3.2 9.1
57 Damaso Marte PIT RP 33.1 110.6 3 4 2 57 47 21 26 63 3.32 1.281 2.4 9.9
58 Matt Guerrier MIN RP 29.7 109.2 2 3 1 78 75 27 21 51 3.12 1.231 2.4 5.9
59 Peter Moylan ATL RP 29.3 109.1 3 3 3 80 74 30 30 60 3.38 1.300 2.0 6.8
60 Pedro Feliciano NYM RP 31.6 108.5 3 3 1 61 51 22 26 57 3.25 1.262 2.2 8.4
61 Jamie Walker BAL RP 30.8 108.4 3 2 4 56 56 21 14 38 3.38 1.250 2.7 6.1
62 Jensen Lewis CLE RP 23.9 108.0 3 2 0 58 53 20 21 59 3.10 1.276 2.8 9.2
63 Scott Downs TOR RP 32.1 107.5 4 3 1 66 61 24 24 55 3.27 1.288 2.3 7.5
64 Tom Gordon PHI RP 40.4 107.2 3 3 8 52 49 22 19 43 3.81 1.308 2.3 7.4
65 Derrick Turnbow MIL RP 30.2 105.2 4 5 7 65 52 31 36 76 4.29 1.354 2.1 10.5
66 Lee Gardner FLA RP 33.2 99.7 3 4 1 63 64 23 17 43 3.29 1.286 2.5 6.1
67 Michael Wuertz CHC RP 29.3 99.5 3 2 0 63 55 24 29 70 3.43 1.333 2.4 10.0
68 Chris Schroder WAS RP 29.6 98.1 3 3 0 55 48 21