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2019 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Relief Pitchers

The Fake Teams writers give you their Top 40 relievers for 2019.

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There’s some recent speculation that the Nationals might be in on Craig Kimbrel. Makes sense to me, given that the Nationals didn’t re-sign Bryce Harper AND that Harper just landed in the same division. The NL East is going to be a war, and the arms race just keeps on continuing. Signing Kimbrel would give that bullpen some added insurance against Sean Doolittle’s proclivity towards getting injured.

The truth about closers is that after 15 guys or so, it’s a crapshoot. You’re looking at guys who are sharing roles or bullpens that are poorly defined. If you miss on a guy with a defined role, now more than ever I think it’s important to consider ratios and strikeouts. Consider what the pitcher will offer you in the event that he is not garnering saves.

Let us know who we missed or are too high or low on. Come haggle in the comments. I do love a good haggle.

Top 40 Relievers

Name Team Rank Avg Rank Heath Punk Joe Mark Zack
Name Team Rank Avg Rank Heath Punk Joe Mark Zack
Edwin Diaz NYM 1 1.40 1 1 2 2 1
Blake Treinen OAK 2 1.60 2 2 1 1 2
Kenley Jansen LAD 3 4.20 4 3 3 3 8
Aroldis Chapman NYY 4 4.20 5 4 4 4 4
Craig Kimbrel FA 5 6.60 3 5 5 17 3
Brad Hand CLE 6 6.80 7 6 10 5 6
Roberto Osuna HOU 7 7.60 6 7 6 6 13
Felipe Vazquez PIT 8 7.60 8 8 7 8 7
Jose Leclerc TEX 9 9.20 12 9 9 11 5
Raisel Iglesias CIN 10 10.60 10 14 11 7 11
Kirby Yates SDP 11 10.80 9 12 15 9 9
Josh Hader MIL 12 12.40 11 15 8 16 12
Wade Davis COL 13 13.40 13 16 13 15 10
Corey Knebel MIL 14 15.00 15 13 17 13 17
Sean Doolittle WAS 15 16.20 16 11 14 10 30
Ken Giles TOR 16 16.80 14 17 19 20 14
Tyler Glasnow TB 17 17.50 18 22 12 18
Cody Allen LAA 18 19.80 19 21 32 12 15
David Robertson PHI 19 20.60 24 10 28 21 20
Will Smith SFG 20 21.80 20 25 24 23 17
Jordan Hicks STL 21 24.20 27 32 16 28 18
Jose Alvarado TB 22 24.20 17 18 37 24 25
Kenta Maeda LAD 23 24.25 28 24 20 25
Ross Stripling LAD 24 25.00 26 31 21 22
Andrew Miller STL 25 28.80 33 19 27 21 44
Archie Bradley ARI 26 29.60 21 20 47 26 34
Trevor May MIN 27 30.00 31 36 33 27 23
Carlos Martinez STL 28 31.00 44 23 38 19
Alex Colome CWS 29 31.40 25 35 48 33 16
Drew Steckenrider MIA 30 31.40 32 33 31 29 32
A.J. Minter ATL 31 31.80 36 27 22 32 42
Pedro Strop CHC 32 32.60 29 28 52 30 24
Arodys Vizcaino ATL 33 33.60 22 26 58 34 28
Seranthony Dominguez PHI 34 33.80 23 34 54 39 19
Mychal Antonio Givens BAL 35 34.40 30 30 46 35 31
Brandon Morrow CHC 36 36.60 35 40 29 44 35
Corbin Burnes MIL 37 36.80 39 54 18 52 21
Collin McHugh HOU 38 37.75 34 38 34 45
Joe Jimenez DET 39 39.40 45 42 39 38 33
Kelvin Herrera CWS 40 40.40 48 37 42 37 38