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The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Relief Pitcher Rankings

It's the middle of August and the dust has settled from the Trade Deadline's chaos. There are still many fluid bullpens to explore, so let's get right into my top 101 RP Baller Ranks, which are geared towards traditional 5x5 roto leagues with potential mentions for hold candidates and ratio anchors.

I decided to leave off most injured players because throwing darts at potential return dates and roles is usually a poor use of time. Each name below comes with the weekly rank, their movement compared to last week, their current value with my salary-cap lens, Earned Value per Fangraphs, and then many have some notes with brief thoughts with the EV column (and others in the sheet to follow) pertaining to the time window after the All-Star break.

This article comes complete with a Baller Ranks google sheet (click it!) where you'll find the usual 5x5 categories, saves, holds, strikeout rates, Called + Swinging Strike rates, and so on for the past month. Please note that those stats are exported from Fangraphs.

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Top 101 Relief Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 19

Tier Player Rank (+/-) EV $ $PV Trend Notes
1 Liam Hendriks 1 0 4.1 15.0 15.0 0.0 ▬ Field of Dreams aside, he's dominant
1 Raisel Iglesias 2 0 5.1 14.5 14.0 0.5 ▲
1 Josh Hader 3 1 -0.6 14.0 13.5 0.5 ▲ Activated Thursday; 1 IP, 3 Ks, bueno
2 Matt Barnes 4 -1 -1.2 12.5 14.0 -1.5 ▼ Hit a wall last week, given a few days off
2 Edwin Diaz 5 2 -0.3 12.0 12.0 0.0 ▬ Those non-save situations are a plight
2 Mark Melancon 6 3 2.9 12.0 8.5 3.5 ▲ He'll be on many championship teams
2 Kenley Jansen 7 4 -1.2 10.0 8.0 2.0 ▲ Stabilized this past week, still LAD's guy
2 Ryan Pressly 8 0 -0.4 9.5 10.0 -0.5 ▼ Another dry spell on SV opps lately
2 Lou Trivino 9 4 1.0 8.5 5.5 3.0 ▲
2 William Smith 10 0 -0.7 7.5 8.0 -0.5 ▼ Blown save in 2 of last 3, still his job
3 Craig Kimbrel 11 -6 2.6 7.0 13.0 -6.0 ▼ Pretty clearly stuck in the 8th for now
3 Jake McGee 12 5 3.3 7.0 5.0 2.0 ▲
3 Jordan Romano 13 3 -2.4 6.0 5.0 1.0 ▲
3 Daniel Bard 14 0 0.8 5.5 5.0 0.5 ▲
3 Emmanuel Clase 15 0 1.9 5.5 5.0 0.5 ▲
3 Alex Reyes 16 -4 -0.5 5.0 6.0 -1.0 ▼ Ks down, BBs still way too high; danger
3 Diego Castillo 17 1 -0.5 5.0 4.5 0.5 ▲
3 Ian Kennedy 18 2 -0.8 4.5 4.0 0.5 ▲ Looks settled into the 9th for PHI now
3 Alex Colome 19 50 -0.1 4.5 1.0 3.5 ▲ Back in the closer's chair, looks great
4 Gregory Soto 20 1 -0.1 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬ Amazing run of SV opps, Ks flowing in
4 James Karinchak 21 -2 -2.2 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬
4 Cole Sulser 22 1 1.1 4.0 3.0 1.0 ▲ BAL 1A, medium leash length
4 Dylan Floro 23 4 1.3 3.5 3.0 0.5 ▲
4 Kyle Finnegan 24 2 2.6 3.0 3.5 -0.5 ▼ WAS 1A, but the leash length is short
4 Tyler Clippard 25 3 0.1 3.0 3.0 0.0 ▬
4 Scott Barlow 26 5 3.8 3.0 2.0 1.0 ▲
5 Tyler Rogers 27 -5 1.3 2.5 4.0 -1.5 ▼
5 Giovanny Gallegos 28 1 0.4 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬
5 David Bednar 29 -5 2.8 2.0 1.5 0.5 ▲
5 Spencer Patton 30 3 0.3 2.0 1.5 0.5 ▲ Still seems like the TEX 1A, fragile standing
5 Greg Holland 31 1 -0.3 2.0 1.5 0.5 ▲
6 Anthony Bender 32 20 -0.4 2.0 1.0 1.0 ▲
5 Jonathan Loaisiga 33 10 2.3 2.0 1.0 1.0 ▲
5 Blake Treinen 34 1 3.5 2.0 1.5 0.5 ▲
5 Richard Rodriguez 35 4 0.1 2.0 1.0 1.0 ▲ If Smith keeps stumbling then door opens
5 Chad Green 36 1 1.6 2.0 1.5 0.5 ▲
6 Matt Wisler 37 9 6.9 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
6 Paul Sewald 38 9 0.3 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
6 Mychal Givens 39 58 1.5 1.5 0.5 1.0 ▲
6 Devin Williams 40 19 3.2 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲ Airbender fully operational again
6 Zack Britton 41 36 0.6 1.5 0.5 1.0 ▲ Doesn't look sharp but will see SV opps
6 Jake Diekman 42 -6 1.2 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
6 Archie Bradley 43 10 3.1 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲ Solid arm of late, peripherals ominous
6 Michael Lorenzen 44 35 2.1 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
6 Drew Steckenrider 45 11 -1.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
6 Rowan Wick 46 N/A 0.1 1.5 0.0 1.5 ▲ Back in action, a favorite for saves
6 Kendall Graveman 47 14 4.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
6 Brent Suter 48 10 3.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
6 Brad Boxberger 49 13 1.6 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
6 Michael Fulmer 50 15 2.3 1.5 0.5 1.0 ▲ Converted two-inning save on Thurs.
6 Trevor May 51 25 2.8 1.5 0.5 1.0 ▲
7 A.J. Puk 52 N/A 0.4 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲ Electric arm when healthy, worth an RP slot
7 Cristian Javier 53 1 1.7 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
7 Brad Hand 54 -24 -1.6 1.0 2.0 -1.0 ▼
7 Andrew Kittredge 55 0 3.1 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
7 Yusmeiro Petit 56 -12 -2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
7 Kyle Ryan 57 -6 -1.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
7 Alex Vesia 58 N/A 3.2 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲
7 Lucas Sims 59 N/A -1.4 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲ Is there time to shake rust, join committee?
7 Codi Heuer 60 -10 -2.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
7 Joe Barlow 61 23 3.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 ▲ Still want Barlow long-term in TEX
8 Jose Cisnero 62 -28 -1.2 1.0 1.5 -0.5 ▼
8 Josh Staumont 63 1 2.3 1.0 0.5 0.5 ▲
8 Juan Minaya 64 N/A 2.9 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲ Minnesota's number two behind Colomé
8 Austin Adams 65 -20 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
8 Adam Ottavino 66 -9 1.7 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
8 Brusdar Graterol 67 N/A 2.4 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲ Getting plenty of usage, 2 Ws last week
8 Chris Stratton 68 13 -2.5 1.0 1.5 -0.5 ▼
8 Jeffrey Springs 69 -29 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
9 Tyler Duffey 70 -45 -0.3 0.5 3.0 -2.5 ▼
9 Seth Lugo 71 -30 1.0 0.5 1.0 -0.5 ▼
9 Josh Taylor 72 -6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
9 Amir Garrett 73 -31 1.3 0.5 1.0 -0.5 ▼
9 Hector Neris 74 9 3.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬ Looks much better but Kennedy has 9th
9 Chris Martin 75 0 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
9 Paul Fry 76 -9 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
9 Jose Alvarado 77 -9 -0.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
9 Zack Littell 78 N/A 1.6 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
10 Sean Poppen 79 N/A 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
10 Aaron Bummer 80 -8 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
10 Garrett Whitlock 81 -8 2.8 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
10 Joely Rodriguez 82 -12 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
10 Tyler Matzek 83 7 3.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬ Racking up Holds lately, clean frames
10 Adam Cimber 84 N/A 2.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
10 Anthony Bass 85 -14 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Emilio Pagan 86 -12 -1.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Garrett Crochet 87 -9 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Mike Mayers 88 -8 -0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Dillon Tate 89 -7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Manuel Rodriguez 90 N/A -2.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
11 Jake Brentz 91 N/A 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲ Lefty earning high-leverage looks
11 Wandy Peralta 92 N/A 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
12 Aaron Loup 93 -5 2.1 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Andrew Chafin 94 -5 2.8 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 JT Chargois 95 -3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Yimi Garcia 96 -3 -1.8 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Jarlin Garcia 97 1 -0.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Gabe Klobosits 98 N/A 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
12 Richard Lovelady 99 N/A 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
12 Heath Hembree 100 -62 0.1 0.5 1.5 -1.0 ▼ Well, it was a fun few days for Heath
12 Tim Hill 101 0 2.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬



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