It's 'bout that time, eh chaps? The Winter Meetings have come and gone. With it, some of the biggest offseason dominoes have already fallen. The 2017 fantasy baseball draft board is beginning to come into focus. Now it's time to delve into player rankings. We'll continue with our 2017 relief pitcher fantasy baseball rankings for December.

This first round of rankings features picks from Kyle Bishop, Nick Mariano, Bill Dubiel, and Brad Johnson. I know I've had my initial lists in place since mid-October, and my colleagues here weren't too far behind me.

This year, we'll begin by presenting our rankings then share a few thoughts round table style.

Editor's note: Be sure to also check out our 2017 fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. It's already loaded up with tons of great rankings articles and draft analysis. Aside from our tiered staff rankings for every position, we also go deep on MLB prospect rankings, impact rookies for 2017, and dynasty/keeper rankings as well. Bookmark the page, and win your drafts.

2017 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Relievers

Ranking	Tier	Player	Brad	Kyle	Nick	Bill	Composite
1	1	Kenley Jansen	2	1	2	2	1.75
2	1	Aroldis Chapman	1	2	1	3	1.75
3	1	Zach Britton	3	3	3	1	2.5
4	2	Craig Kimbrel	4	7	4	5	5
5	2	Seung Hwan Oh	10	4	5	4	5.75
6	2	Edwin Diaz	7	5	6	6	6
7	2	Roberto Osuna	6	6	7	7	6.5
8	2	Andrew Miller	8	11	9	8	9
9	2	Mark Melancon	11	8	8	10	9.25
10	2	Kelvin Herrera	5	9	10	13	9.25
11	3	Dellin Betances	13	13	12	11	12.25
12	3	Cody Allen	9	12	13	9	10.75
13	3	Alex Colome	12	10	14	15	12.75
14	3	Ken Giles	15	14	11	14	13.5
15	3	Wade Davis	17	15	15	12	14.75
16	4	David Robertson	14	16	17	16	15.75
17	4	Francisco Rodriguez	16	17	18	17	17
18	4	Jeurys Familia	19	18	21	18	19
19	4	A.J. Ramos	20	20	16	19	18.75
20	5	Cam Bedrosian	25	19	23	21	22
21	5	Sam Dyson	23	21	22	22	22
22	5	Tony Watson	21	30	20	20	22.75
23	5	Addison Reed	18	24	19	35	24
24	5	Adam Ottavino	22	27	24	23	24
25	5	Brandon Maurer	26	23	26	27	25.5
26	5	Shawn Kelley	24	26	25	29	26
27	6	Felipe Rivero		29			29
28	6	Raisel Iglesias	39	22	39	25	31.25
29	6	Jim Johnson	27	31	29	38	31.25
30	6	Arodys Vizcaino	30	40	30	31	32.75
31	6	Joaquin Benoit	28	25	37	42	33
32	6	Ryan Dull		39	36	24	33
33	6	Brandon Kintzler	34	42	28	28	33
34	6	Glen Perkins	32	32	32	37	33.25
35	6	Sean Doolittle	38	28	35	34	33.75
36	6	Nate Jones	31	33	31	43	34.5
37	6	Fernando Rodney	29	37	27	47	35
38	6	Corey Knebel	35				35
39	7	Carter Capps	33	36	33	39	35.25
40	7	Ryan Madson	43	34	34	36	36.75
41	7	Hector Rondon	44	38	38	30	37.5
42	7	Hector Neris	42	44	40	26	38
43	7	Kyle Barraclough	45	35	41	40	40.25
44	7	Jeanmar Gomez	40	45	43	33	40.25
45	7	Matt Bush	37	41	44	41	40.75
46	7	Andrew Bailey	36	43	47	44	42.5
47	7	Tyler Thornburg	50	47	42	32	42.75
48	7	Keone Kela	47	46		45	46
49	7	Liam Hendricks	46	48	45		46.33
50	7	Huston Street	41	49	49		46.33
51	7	Luke Gregerson	48	50		46	48
52	7	Tony Cingrani	52		46	49	49
53	7	Will Harris	49			50	49.5
54	7	Santiago Casilla	51			48	49.5
55	7	Derek Law	54		48		51
56	7	Brad Ziegler	53		50		51.5
57	7	Trevor Rosenthal	55				55

Are there any picks you want to defend?

Brad: Honestly, I see nothing that merits a defense. I have the fifth through 10th relievers as very comparable in value. So while it looks like I'm down on Oh, that's not really true.

Kyle: There's not a ton of variance in our rankings here, with a few exceptions. I'm the low man on Watson and the only one to rank Rivero. Obviously, I feel Rivero has a pretty good chance of finding his way into the Pirates' closer role at Watson's expense.

Bill: I have Zach Britton as my number one mostly because I think he'll still get enough save opportunities to finish at the top. I certainly am not going to get in a shouting match with my colleagues who took Jansen and Chapman--their upside is perfectly obvious.

Nick: I'll briefly defend having Giles a few spots higher than the rest of y'all, as I'm totally on board with that 2.48 SIERA behind the 4.11 ERA alongside his 19.9% swinging-strike rate. That's 1.3% higher than Aroldis Chapman! Interestingly enough, the only qualified RP with a higher mark was teammate Luke Gregerson (20.1%, maybe I should give him a value next time around). I believe Giles' second-half improvements will be what we see in 2017, as he increased his groundball rate by over 15% with a wild 41.9% strikeout rate. I'll jump a bit to chase the upside.

Which picks by others look overly bullish/pessimistic?

Brad: My colleagues and I have mirrored rankings for Oh and Herrera. They're both very good pitchers and closer in value than my rankings of fifth and 10th imply. I'm just surprised to see so much doubt about Herrera. I also suspect we're all a little too high on Familia. Since Reed is a better pitcher, there's uncertainty as to who will remain closer after Familia's looming suspension.

Kyle: I understand that uncertainty over his role is baked into the rankings, but feel like Nick and Brad are too low on Iglesias. Personally, I expect him to be closing sooner rather than later. If he gets the job outright in spring training, I'd actually bump him up a few spots. Love the talent, especially in a relief role.

Bill: I don't have much to disagree about for now--lots of roles still to be settled. I have absolutely zero faith in Jim Johnson despite his hot finish to 2016. I imagine we'll see someone else closing for the Braves by early June at the latest.