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The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Relief Pitcher Rankings

Who said it was okay for September to creep up on us like this? While the stretch run doesn't mean as much bullpen action as pre-Trade Deadline fireworks, we're still seeing shifts in the wind. With just under a month to go, it's about time we check in on 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 previous month of play.

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 22

Tier Player Rank (+/-) EV $ $PV Trend Notes
1 Raisel Iglesias 1 1 4.3 15.0 14.5 0.5 ▲ Career-best 39.2% K rate, 0 BB in last 8 games
1 Josh Hader 2 1 2.2 15.0 14.0 1.0 ▲ Only 3 hits allowed in 8.1 IP for August
1 Liam Hendriks 3 -2 -0.2 15.0 15.0 0.0 ▬ 4 perfect apps in last 5 since NYY series
2 Edwin Diaz 4 1 2.0 13.0 12.0 1.0 ▲
2 Mark Melancon 5 1 1.8 12.0 12.0 0.0 ▬
2 Kenley Jansen 6 1 3.0 12.0 10.0 2.0 ▲ Strikeouts up, LAD stays winning
2 Ryan Pressly 7 1 2.7 10.0 9.5 0.5 ▲
2 Aroldis Chapman 8 N/A 0.0 9.5 0.0 9.5 ▲ ER in 2 of 4 gms since return, very iffy control
2 Jake McGee 9 3 2.1 8.5 7.0 1.5 ▲
2 Jordan Romano 10 3 2.9 7.5 6.0 1.5 ▲
3 Emmanuel Clase 11 4 5.0 7.0 5.5 1.5 ▲ Elite command paying dividends
3 Scott Barlow 12 14 3.5 7.0 3.0 4.0 ▲
3 William Smith 13 -3 -4.4 6.0 7.5 -1.5 ▼ Solo HR allowed in 3 of last 5, job still his
3 Ian Kennedy 14 4 -3.6 5.5 4.5 1.0 ▲
3 Alex Colome 15 4 -0.1 5.5 4.5 1.0 ▲
3 Kyle Finnegan 16 8 0.8 4.0 3.0 1.0 ▲ The SVs aren't pretty; 5/5 K/BB in last 12 gms
3 Gregory Soto 17 3 -2.8 4.0 4.0 0.0 ▬
3 David Bednar 18 11 4.8 4.0 2.0 2.0 ▲
3 Dylan Floro 19 4 0.4 4.0 3.5 0.5 ▲
4 Paul Sewald 20 18 3.5 4.0 1.5 2.5 ▲
4 Alex Reyes 21 -5 0.4 4.0 5.0 -1.0 ▼ May be removed from 9th, 3 ER on Sunday
4 Matt Barnes 22 -18 -2.8 4.0 12.5 -8.5 ▼ ER(s) in 4 of last 8 - how long does reset take?
4 Craig Kimbrel 23 -12 -1.7 3.5 7.0 -3.5 ▼ Just not the same in non-SV situations
4 Lou Trivino 24 -15 -1.4 3.0 8.5 -5.5 ▼ Getting temporary breather from Saves
4 Tyler Clippard 25 0 -0.4 3.0 3.0 0.0 ▬
4 Giovanny Gallegos 26 2 1.2 3.0 2.5 0.5 ▲
5 Tyler Rogers 27 0 4.1 2.5 2.5 0.0 ▬
5 Adam Ottavino 28 38 0.4 2.5 1.0 1.5 ▲ Some white-knuckle SVs as Barnes resets
5 Spencer Patton 29 1 -0.1 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬
5 Michael Lorenzen 30 14 2.2 2.0 1.5 0.5 ▲
5 Carlos Estevez 31 N/A 3.2 2.0 0.0 2.0 ▲ Bard can't do it, Estevez is next man up
5 Jonathan Loaisiga 32 1 5.8 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬ Rose w/ Chapman down, ready if needed
5 Jake Diekman 33 9 1.9 2.0 1.5 0.5 ▲
5 Blake Treinen 34 0 2.5 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬
5 Chad Green 35 1 2.9 2.0 2.0 0.0 ▬
5 Devin Williams 36 4 6.3 2.0 1.5 0.5 ▲ The Airbender we saw in Season 1, hooray
6 Mychal Givens 37 2 2.2 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
6 Sergio Romo 38 N/A -0.2 1.5 0.0 1.5 ▲ Favorite for OAK SVs with Trivino chilling
6 Drew Steckenrider 39 6 0.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬ Sharing SEA duties with Sewald
6 Tyler Wells 40 N/A 0.8 1.5 0.0 1.5 ▲
6 Richard Rodriguez 41 -6 0.1 1.5 2.0 -0.5 ▼ Ready if Smith keeps on allowing HRs
6 Daniel Bard 42 -28 -2.0 1.5 5.5 -4.0 ▼ Inconsistent at best, removed from CL role
6 Anthony Bender 43 -11 -0.5 1.5 2.0 -0.5 ▼
6 Pete Fairbanks 44 N/A 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.5 ▲
6 Archie Bradley 45 -2 3.1 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
6 Michael Fulmer 46 4 3.3 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
6 Andrew Kittredge 47 8 5.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲
6 Cole Sulser 48 -26 0.7 1.5 4.0 -2.5 ▼
6 Brad Boxberger 49 0 5.1 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
6 Codi Heuer 50 10 1.1 1.5 1.0 0.5 ▲ Looks like the 1A closer, leads are scarce
6 Trevor May 51 0 1.1 1.5 1.5 0.0 ▬
7 Brent Suter 52 -4 1.4 1.0 1.5 -0.5 ▼
7 Wandy Peralta 53 39 5.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 ▲ NYY not afraid to use Peralta in SV opps
7 Rowan Wick 54 -8 0.6 1.0 1.5 -0.5 ▼
7 Kendall Graveman 55 -8 3.1 1.0 1.5 -0.5 ▼
7 A.J. Puk 56 -4 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
7 Cristian Javier 57 -4 -1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
7 Yusmeiro Petit 58 -2 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
7 Alex Vesia 59 -1 3.4 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
7 Jose Cisnero 60 2 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.0 ▬
7 Tim Mayza 61 N/A 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲ Picked up Sunday SV, looks like the No. 2
8 Andrew Chafin 62 32 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 ▲
8 Luke Jackson 63 N/A 4.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 ▲ Electric 11 holds over the last month
8 Chris Martin 64 11 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.5 ▲
8 Sean Poppen 65 14 -0.1 1.0 0.5 0.5 ▲
8 Zack Littell 66 12 1.9 1.0 0.5 0.5 ▲
8 Richard Lovelady 67 32 3.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 ▲
8 Adam Cimber 68 16 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.5 ▲
8 Manuel Rodriguez 69 21 -1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 ▲ In the CHC saves conversation
9 Kyle Ryan 70 -13 -1.6 0.5 1.0 -0.5 ▼
9 Brett Martin 71 N/A 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
9 Caleb Thielbar 72 N/A 3.2 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
9 Jose Alvarado 73 4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬ Zero walks in 2 games off the IL, keep it going
9 Lucas Sims 74 -15 -0.4 0.5 1.0 -0.5 ▼
9 Steve Cishek 75 N/A 2.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
9 Juan Minaya 76 -12 1.2 0.5 1.0 -0.5 ▼
9 Austin Adams 77 -12 0.7 0.5 1.0 -0.5 ▼
9 Brusdar Graterol 78 -11 0.2 0.5 1.0 -0.5 ▼
10 Kyle McGowin 79 N/A 1.9 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲ Should Finnegan falter, Kyle M. could step in
10 Seth Lugo 80 -9 3.1 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
10 Chris Stratton 81 -13 -2.5 0.5 1.0 -0.5 ▼
10 Josh Taylor 82 -10 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
10 Hector Neris 83 -9 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
10 Daniel Hudson 84 N/A 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲ He's the backup for Melancon
10 Garrett Whitlock 85 -4 5.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Tyler Matzek 86 -3 4.8 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Aaron Bummer 87 -7 2.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Emilio Pagan 88 -2 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Garrett Crochet 89 -2 2.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Joely Rodriguez 90 -8 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
11 Brad Hand 91 -37 -3.3 0.5 1.0 -0.5 ▼ Ineffective would be too kind, behind Mayza
11 Mike Mayers 92 -4 -0.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Dillon Tate 93 -4 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Aaron Loup 94 -1 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 JT Chargois 95 0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Yimi Garcia 96 0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Anthony Bass 97 -12 -0.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Jarlin Garcia 98 -1 -0.8 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Tyler Duffey 99 -29 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬
12 Hunter Strickland 100 N/A 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.5 ▲
12 Tim Hill 101 0 -1.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 ▬



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