MLB Closer Tier Rankings

Posted: 4th March 2010 by Bryan Curley in MLB
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DonÆt pay for saves. Now that I got that out of the way, we can turn our attention to the relievers. Amazingly, there are a lot of relatively stable bullpen situations across the league. Houston and Pittsburgh are the only teams that donÆt have a clear-cut closer, although there are other teams with guys on shorter leashes and a few teams with setup men waiting in the wings. This stability makes my opening line even truer this year. I understand the value of having a top-tier closer with a minuscule ERA and WHIP and impressive strikeout numbers, but all I really care about are the saves (as long as itÆs not the 2010 version of Brad Lidge). So what if our top tier in 2010 averaged a 2.11 ERA, 84 strikeouts and 38 saves last season? The third tier (excluding Bil ...

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