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2009 Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitchers Rankings & Projections (#1-100)

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

 

The rankings are based on projected statistics for the 2009 season. The player rankings were determined for a typical 5 X 5 rotisserie league by using wins, saves, ERA, WHIP and strikeouts for pitchers.  Final Spring Training update April 4, 2009

 

Catcher   First Base   Second Base   Shortstop   Third Base   OF (1-90)   OF (91-180)   DH

Starting Pitcher (1-100)    Starting Pitcher (101-200)   Relief Pitchers (1-100)   Relief Pitchers (101-200)

 

RP Rank PLAYER TEAM AGE POS FP W  L  S  IP  HA ER  BB  K  ERA  WHIP  CMD  K/9 
1 Jonathan Papelbon BOS 28.4 RP 268.1 4 3 41 66.7 49 16 12 77 2.16 0.91 6.4 10.4
2 Francisco Rodriguez NYM 27.2 RP 263.2 4 2 42 69.3 53 19 33 83 2.47 1.24 2.5 10.8
3 Joe Nathan MIN 34.4 RP 262.2 3 2 41 69.0 50 16 19 74 2.09 1.00 3.9 9.7
4 Mariano Rivera NYY 39.4 RP 251.8 4 4 38 70.0 57 18 11 66 2.31 0.97 6.0 8.5
5 Brad Lidge PHI 32.3 RP 239.3 2 2 39 69.3 54 23 32 90 2.99 1.24 2.8 11.7
6 Joakim Soria KC 24.9 RP 239.1 2 2 38 68.7 51 18 20 68 2.36 1.03 3.4 8.9
7 Jose Valverde HOU 29.7 RP 236.9 3 2 40 64.0 53 23 22 76 3.23 1.17 3.5 10.7
8 Brian Fuentes LAA 33.7 RP 221.6 3 3 34 67.7 53 23 25 78 3.06 1.15 3.1 10.4
9 Jonathan Broxton LAD 24.8 RP 213.4 3 3 32 64.3 52 21 24 80 2.94 1.18 3.3 11.2
10 Bobby Jenks CHW 28.1 RP 211.8 2 2 38 62.3 54 21 19 46 3.03 1.17 2.4 6.6
11 B.J. Ryan TOR 33.3 RP 198.5 2 3 32 61.0 50 20 23 65 2.95 1.20 2.8 9.6
12 Matt Capps PIT 25.6 RP 196.4 3 4 29 70.0 63 24 11 53 3.09 1.06 4.8 6.8
13 Kerry Wood CLE 31.8 RP 196.3 2 3 32 62.3 54 24 21 71 3.47 1.20 3.4 10.3
14 Francisco Cordero CIN 33.9 RP 193.9 3 4 31 67.7 61 30 32 80 3.99 1.37 2.5 10.6
15 Brandon Morrow SEA 24.7 RP 192.4 4 4 28 75.0 64 33 37 79 3.96 1.35 2.1 9.5
16 Heath Bell SD 31.5 RP 189.6 3 3 26 75.7 66 29 26 74 3.45 1.22 2.8 8.8
17 Brian Wilson SF 27.1 RP 188.2 3 3 34 56.7 53 25 26 56 3.97 1.39 2.2 8.9
18 Mike Gonzalez ATL 30.9 RP 187.5 3 4 27 61.7 49 20 29 71 2.92 1.26 2.4 10.4
19 Chad Qualls ARI 30.6 RP 187.3 2 4 30 61.7 56 21 18 58 3.06 1.20 3.2 8.5
20 Joel Hanrahan WAS 27.5 RP 172.6 3 3 25 71.3 71 30 30 74 3.79 1.42 2.5 9.3
21 Kevin Gregg CHC 30.8 RP 172.0 3 4 26 68.7 59 29 31 61 3.80 1.31 2.0 8.0
22 Huston Street COL 25.7 RP 170.5 4 4 24 62.7 58 25 23 63 3.59 1.29 2.7 9.0
23 Frank Francisco TEX 29.6 RP 170.4 2 3 26 62.7 52 25 30 70 3.59 1.31 2.3 10.0
24 Matt Lindstrom FLA 29.2 RP 169.1 3 4 26 65.7 63 26 26 55 3.56 1.35 2.1 7.5
25 Brad Ziegler OAK 29.5 RP 167.9 4 2 20 71.7 63 19 23 38 2.38 1.20 1.7 4.8
26 Jason Motte STL 26.8 RP 164.6 2 2 25 58.7 55 22 25 67 3.37 1.36 2.7 10.3
27 Trevor Hoffman MIL 41.5 RP 159.0 3 4 27 50.3 47 22 13 43 3.94 1.19 3.3 7.7
28 Carlos Marmol CHC 26.5 RP 154.9 3 2 12 76.7 49 26 40 90 3.05 1.16 2.3 10.6
29 Brandon Lyon DET 29.7 RP 149.0 3 4 24 58.7 59 25 17 38 3.83 1.29 2.2 5.8
30 Hong-Chih Kuo LAD 27.7 RP 139.0 4 4 5 88.3 79 34 30 101 3.47 1.23 3.4 10.3
31 J.J. Putz NYM 32.1 RP 138.5 7 3 4 66.0 50 20 24 79 2.73 1.12 3.3 10.8
32 Joey Devine OAK 25.5 RP 132.6 3 2 15 50.0 38 14 22 52 2.52 1.20 2.4 9.4
33 Dan Wheeler TB 31.3 RP 128.5 4 3 10 71.0 62 29 23 66 3.68 1.20 2.9 8.4
34 George Sherrill BAL 32.0 RP 123.8 2 3 18 52.3 45 24 27 58 4.13 1.38 2.1 10.0
35 Grant Balfour TB 31.3 RP 121.8 4 2 5 66.0 45 23 32 81 3.14 1.17 2.5 11.0
36 Manuel Corpas COL 26.3 RP 121.1 2 2 14 68.0 70 26 20 47 3.44 1.32 2.4 6.2
37 Chris Ray BAL 27.2 RP 117.6 2 3 18 46.0 38 19 21 39 3.72 1.28 1.9 7.6
38 Troy Percival TB 39.7 RP 117.5 2 2 20 42.0 32 19 23 35 4.07 1.31 1.5 7.5
39 Joel Zumaya DET 24.4 RP 115.0 4 3 8 60.7 48 22 33 64 3.26 1.33 1.9 9.5
40 Leo Nunez FLA 25.6 RP 114.1 5 3 7 62.3 58 22 19 49 3.18 1.24 2.6 7.1
41 Jose Arredondo LAA 25.0 RP 113.9 6 3 2 69.3 59 24 25 63 3.12 1.21 2.5 8.2
42 J.P. Howell TB 26.0 RP 113.1 5 3 1 80.3 69 31 33 79 3.47 1.27 2.4 8.9
43 Scot Shields LAA 33.7 RP 112.3 5 4 3 70.0 60 25 30 69 3.21 1.29 2.3 8.9
44 Scott Downs TOR 33.1 RP 111.1 4 4 6 74.7 70 30 30 63 3.61 1.34 2.1 7.6
45 Carlos Villanueva MIL 25.4 RP 108.7 3 3 5 75.0 66 31 24 69 3.72 1.20 2.9 8.3
46 Ryan Madson PHI 28.6 RP 100.1 4 3 2 74.3 72 28 23 60 3.39 1.28 2.6 7.3
47 Matt Thornton CHW 32.6 RP 98.7 4 3 1 66.3 55 26 23 72 3.53 1.18 3.1 9.8
48 John Grabow PIT 30.4 RP 97.1 4 2 4 70.0 66 29 31 60 3.73 1.39 1.9 7.7
49 Saul Rivera WAS 31.3 RP 96.6 4 4 3 79.3 77 33 35 59 3.75 1.41 1.7 6.7
50 Octavio Dotel CHW 35.4 RP 95.6 4 2 3 54.7 45 22 24 72 3.62 1.26 3.0 11.8
51 Ryan Franklin STL 36.1 RP 95.2 4 5 5 75.3 79 32 24 44 3.82 1.37 1.8 5.3
52 Cla Meredith SD 25.9 RP 95.0 3 3 4 69.3 71 26 17 50 3.38 1.27 2.9 6.5
53 Hideki Okajima BOS 33.3 RP 94.3 3 3 2 63.3 53 21 23 58 2.99 1.20 2.5 8.2
54 Rafael Perez CLE 27.1 RP 93.8 3 2 1 62.3 54 22 18 68 3.18 1.16 3.8 9.8
55 Tony Pena ARI 27.2 RP 93.7 3 3 4 70.7 70 29 19 53 3.69 1.26 2.8 6.7
56 Chris Perez STL 23.8 RP 93.4 2 3 7 55.3 45 21 30 58 3.42 1.36 1.9 9.4
57 Bob Howry SF 35.7 RP 93.0 4 4 4 62.3 65 26 15 54 3.76 1.28 3.6 7.8
58 Jon Rauch ARI 30.5 RP 92.6 3 3 2 74.3 72 31 21 63 3.76 1.25 3.0 7.6
59 Rafael Betancourt CLE 33.9 RP 90.5 2 2 3 66.7 63 26 18 62 3.51 1.21 3.4 8.4
60 Jesse Carlson TOR 28.3 RP 90.2 5 3 0 64.0 61 23 22 54 3.23 1.30 2.5 7.6
61 Taylor Buchholz COL 27.5 RP 90.2 5 3 0 68.0 62 28 18 53 3.71 1.18 2.9 7.0
62 Rafael Soriano ATL 29.3 RP 89.6 1 3 6 53.0 40 19 17 53 3.23 1.08 3.1 9.0
63 Damaso Marte NYY 34.1 RP 88.0 3 3 2 59.0 47 23 26 65 3.51 1.24 2.5 9.9
64 Steven Shell WAS 26.1 RP 87.8 3 2 3 60.3 53 21 21 46 3.13 1.23 2.2 6.9
65 Fernando Rodney DET 32.1 RP 87.8 3 5 4 59.7 50 27 29 66 4.07 1.32 2.3 9.9
66 Jensen Lewis CLE 24.9 RP 86.8 3 2 3 62.3 59 24 24 55 3.47 1.33 2.3 7.9
67 Takashi Saito BOS 39.2 RP 86.7 3 2 3 53.0 47 19 20 58 3.23 1.26 2.9 9.8
68 Ramon Ramirez BOS 27.6 RP 85.5 4 2 0 66.0 60 26 29 63 3.55 1.35 2.2 8.6
69 Cory Wade LAD 25.9 RP 84.1 2 3 2 70.0 65 28 19 53 3.60 1.20 2.8 6.8
70 Jesse Crain MIN 27.8 RP 83.6 4 3 2 61.3 61 24 19 46 3.52 1.31 2.4 6.8
71 Joe Smith CLE 25.0 RP 83.6 5 2 0 63.7 59 26 28 55 3.67 1.37 2.0 7.8
72 David Weathers CIN 39.5 RP 82.9 4 5 3 68.7 71 29 29 45 3.80 1.46 1.6 5.9
73 Manny Delcarmen BOS 27.1 RP 82.1 2 2 1 63.7 54 24 25 62 3.39 1.24 2.5 8.8
74 Scott Linebrink CHW 32.7 RP 81.5 4 3 1 60.3 55 25 16 48 3.73 1.18 3.0 7.2
75 Aaron Heilman CHC 30.4 RP 80.7 4 4 0 75.0 73