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Every week I take a look at the going's on in the life of relief pitching in fake baseball. This week, like the ever growing trend of this year to date the relief pitching corps are in constant in flux. So have a gander at how I would rank the best conclusionary pitchers and the guys that set them up.
- Matt Capps has some shoulder woes, Gardenhire has stated he doesn't think it's too awful. Capps has been a decent RP 2 for most of the year. Guys to monitor in case of injury are Jared Burton and Glen Perkins. Both of those guys seem like in house options if Capps gets traded in a month or so also.
- Drew Storen is less than a month away as quoted by himself. Tyler Clippard has done swimmingly in his stead after appearances by a H-rod and a Lidge, who was recently designated for assignment.
- Ryan Cook is the future of rock and roll. No really but it's fun to speculate his career after baseball. Ryan has taken the horns and ran with them in Oakland. Barring something unforeseen he should continue to gather a slew of counting stats while helping all peripheral categories.
- Tom Wilhelmsen is gaining some momentum and has me saying, Brandon who? He has garnered 4 save chances in his last 6 total appearances and is a K machine, while sporting great 4-1 K/BB rate. Seattle may not get as many chances to have him soaring up the rankings but stats are stats.
- It seems as though the inevitable has well inevitably happened in Anaheim as Ernesto Frieri was always the favorite to take over anyways. Scott Downs has been up and down with injury and hasn't been able to solidify enough to show he deserves some save chances. I would still roster both, because Downs doesn't do anything to hurt your roster.
5. Jim Johnson
6. John Axford
7. Joel Hanrahan
8. Jason Motte
9. Kenley Jansen
10. Rafael Soriano
11. Joe Nathan
12. Fernando Rodney
13. Santiago Casilla
14. J.J. Putz
15. Jose Valverde
16. Tyler Clippard
17. Rafael Betancourt
18. Jonathan Broxton
19. Addison Reed
20. Heath Bell
21. Frank Francisco
22. Alfredo Aceves
23. Ernesto Frieri
24. Brett Myers
25. Ryan Cook
26. Casey Janssen
27. Huston Street
28. Matt Capps
29. Tom Wilhelmsen
30. James Russell / Shawn Camp
Tier 1.
Jonny Venters ATL
Mike Adams TEX
Sergio Romo SF
Vinnie Pestano CLE
Joaquin Benoit DET
Sean Burnett WAS
Sean Marshall CIN
David Hernandez ARI
Jason Grilli PIT
Antonio Bastardo PHI
Scott Downs ANA
Tier 2:
Steve Cishek MIA
Tim Byrdak NYM
Edward Mujica MIA
Francisco Rodriguez MIL
Pedro Strop BAL
Eric O'Flaherty ATL
Aaron Crow KC
Alexi Ogando TEX
Vincente Padilla BOS
Joel Peralta TB
Josh Lindblom LAD
Bobby Parnell NYM
Matt Belisle COL
Glen Perkins MIN
Tier 3:
Nate Jones CHW
Greg Holland KC
Juan Cruz PIT
Bryan Shaw ARI
Randy Choate MIA
Andrew Cashner SD
Juan Cruz PIT
Joe Smith CLE
Cory Wade NYY
Kelvin Herrera KC
Matt Thornton CHW
Jose Arredondo CIN
Brad Ziegler ARI
Jesse Crain CHW
Andrew Miller BOS