Fantasy Baseball: NL Closer Rankings
by Ray Guilfoyle on Feb 1, 2009 1:30 PM EST
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PrintHere is the last in the series of rankings for the National League-the NL Closers rankings. Please keep in mind that the performance of closers is very volatile as we have proved here several times. I have ranked the closers according to their 2008 Command ratio (K-BB) * 9.
| Player | INN | S | BS | K | BBI | ERA | WHIP | K-BB | K/9 | BB/9 | CMD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalez Mike RP ATL | 33.7 | 14 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 4.28 | 1.19 | 30 | 11.75 | 3.74 | 8.01 |
| Broxton Jonathan RP LA | 69 | 14 | 8 | 88 | 27 | 3.13 | 1.17 | 61 | 11.48 | 3.52 | 7.96 |
| Marmol Carlos RP CHC | 87.3 | 7 | 2 | 114 | 41 | 2.68 | 0.93 | 73 | 11.75 | 4.23 | 7.53 |
| Valverde Jose RP HOU | 72 | 44 | 7 | 83 | 23 | 3.38 | 1.18 | 60 | 10.38 | 2.88 | 7.5 |
| Lidge Brad RP PHI | 69.3 | 41 | 0 | 92 | 35 | 1.95 | 1.23 | 57 | 11.95 | 4.55 | 7.4 |
| Hoffman Trevor RP Mil | 45.3 | 30 | 4 | 46 | 9 | 3.77 | 1.04 | 37 | 9.14 | 1.79 | 7.35 |
| Qualls Chad RP ARI | 73.7 | 9 | 8 | 71 | 18 | 2.81 | 1.07 | 53 | 8.67 | 2.2 | 6.47 |
| Capps Matt RP PIT | 53.7 | 21 | 5 | 39 | 5 | 3.02 | 0.97 | 34 | 6.54 | 0.84 | 5.7 |
| Rodriguez Francisco RP NYM | 68.3 | 62 | 7 | 77 | 34 | 2.24 | 1.288 | 43 | 10.15 | 4.48 | 5.67 |
| Wilson Brian RP SF | 62.3 | 41 | 6 | 67 | 28 | 4.62 | 1.44 | 39 | 9.68 | 4.04 | 5.63 |
| Hanrahan Joel SP WAS | 84.3 | 9 | 4 | 93 | 42 | 3.95 | 1.36 | 51 | 9.93 | 4.48 | 5.44 |
| Street Huston RP COL | 70 | 18 | 7 | 69 | 27 | 3.73 | 1.214 | 42 | 8.87 | 3.47 | 5.4 |
| Cordero Francisco RP CIN | 70.3 | 34 | 6 | 78 | 38 | 3.33 | 1.41 | 40 | 9.99 | 4.86 | 5.12 |
| Bell Heath RP SD | 78 | 0 | 7 | 71 | 28 | 3.58 | 1.21 | 43 | 8.19 | 3.23 | 4.96 |
| Perez Chris RP STL | 41.7 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 3.46 | 1.34 | 20 | 9.06 | 4.75 | 4.32 |
| Lindstrom Matt RP FLA | 57.3 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 26 | 3.14 | 1.45 | 17 | 6.75 | 4.08 | 2.67 |
A few things to keep in mind when drafting closers is that there are several closers who will be closing for the first time in 2009: Jonathon Broxton, Carlos Marmol, Chad Qualls, Heath Bell, Chris Perez and Matt Lidstrom. You may want to draft their backups to be safe.
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