Week 2 Relief Rankings

ChC - Lots of closers have stuggled, but in such a small sample size you shouldn't be too worried about it unless they lose their job like Carlos Marmol has. If you're chasing holds, you can grab Shawn Camp or James Russel, but they won't provide much else.

KC - It doesn't bother me that Greg Holland has struggled as much as it bothers me that he was pulled after giving up a few base runners.  Holland will still get saves but it appears he might have to share some too.

Hou - There hasn't been an actual save situation yet in Houston (Erik Bedard's save doesn't count) but Jose Veras hasn't looked well when he's been used.  Stay away from this situation if you can as there won't be very many holds or saves to go around.

Col - It appears like Rex Brothers is the pitcher to own here after Betancourt and even Matt Belisle appears to be ahead of Wilton Lopez at this point.

Det - My prediction for the top three seems to be accurate but Benoit seems to have won the job and the next best pitcher at the end of the season is probably not on the active roster yet.

1. Craig Kimbrel, Atl
2. Aroldis Chapman, Cin
3. Jonathan Papelbon, Phi
4. Mariano Rivera, NYY
5. Fernando Rodney, TB
6. Joe Nathan, Tex
7. Rafael Soriano, Was
8. Sergio Romo, SF
9. Kenley Jansen, LAD
10. David Robertson, NYY
11. Huston Street, SD
12. Glen Perkins, Min
13. Ernesto Frieri, LAA
14. Jim Johnson, Bal
15. Drew Storen, Was
16. Vinnie Pestano, Cle
17. Ryan Cook, Oak
18. Addison Reed, CWS
19. Grant Balfour, Oak
20. J.J. Putz, Ari
21. Andrew Bailey, Bos
22. Tom Wilhelmsen, Sea
23. David Hernandez, Ari
24. John Axford, Mil
25. Mike Adams, Phi
26. Tyler Clippard, Was
27. Luke Gregerson, SD
28. Jonathan Broxton, Cin
29. Chris Perez, Cle
30. Joel Hanrahan, Bos
31. Rafael Betancourt, Col
32. Eric O'Flaherty, Atl
33. Brandon League, LAD
34. Kyuji Fujikawa, ChC
35. Greg Holland, KC
36. Jason Grilli, Pit
37. Joaquin Benoit, Det
38. Casey Janssen, Tor
39. Kelvim Herrera, KC
40. Steve Cishek, Mia
41. Koji Uehara, Bos
42. Jared Burton, Min
43. Santiago Casilla, SF
44. Bobby Parnell, NYM
45. Sergio Santos, Tor
46. Sean Marshall, Cin
47. Matt Thornton, CWS
48. Stephen Pryor, Sea
49. Mitchell Boggs, Stl
50. Joel Peralta, TB
51. Jim Henderson, Mil
52. Jake McGee, TB
53. Heath Bell, Ari
54. Carter Capps, Sea
55. Jose Veras, Hou
56. Joba Chamberlain, NYY
57. Mark Melancon, Pit
58. Octavio Dotel, Det
59. Phil Coke, Det
60. Jon Rauch, Mia
61. Pedro Strop, Bal
62. Trevor Rosenthal, Stl
63. Dale Thayer, SD
64. Steve Delabar, Tor
65. Sean Burnett, LAA
66. Sean Doolittle, Oak
67. Jason Frasor, Tex
68. Rex Brothers, Col
69. Aaron Crow, KC
70. Matt Belisle, Col
71. Tim Collins, KC
72. Jordan Walden, Atl
73. Joe Smith, Cle
74. Tanner Scheppers, Tex
75. Edward Mujica, Stl

On the bubble: Jeremy Affeldt(SF), Shawn Camp(ChC), Kevin Jepsen (LAA), Wilton Lopez (Col), Brandon Lyon (NYM), Carlos Marmol (ChC), James Russell (ChC), Wesley Wright (Hou)

Top 10 Pitchers Worth Stashing

1. Jason Motte
2. Ryan Madson
3. Jonny Venters
4. Bruce Rondon
5. Jose Valverde
6. Joakim Soria
7. Frank Francisco
8. Brian Wilson
9. Marcus Stroman
10. Daniel Bard