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Fantasy Baseball: Early points relief pitcher rankings
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Updated: February 16, 2018
Putting together the points relief pitcher rankings has some interesting twists to roto leagues. Exactly how you approach the position depends a lot on your league settings. In leagues where saves are well rewarded you still want the closers but the more saves are marginalised the more other relievers (Andrew Miller) and starting pitchers come into the equation here. In roto leagues you aren’t really looking to draft anyone relief eligible who doesn’t offer saves and the starting pitcher eligible players do not really have any effect in that format.
The only free agent of note currently is Greg Holland and it’s looking less and less likely he will come in and be a closer from the outset. Points leagues are his most draftable format right now but if he does find a job where he can close then he will gain roto ranking positions as well.
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As always these rankings and tiers are based on ESPN eligibility and should be adjusted based on your leagues scoring and the nuances that brings to how each league values different guys. The scoring I have used here is 3 points per innings pitched, 4 points per win, -1 for a loss, 1 for a strikeout, -1 for a walk or a hit, -2 for an earned run and 5 for a save.
| Tier | Rank | Player | Team | Eligibility |
| 1 | 1 | Kenley Jansen | LAD | RP |
| 1 | 2 | Craig Kimbrel | BOS | RP |
| 2 | 3 | Aroldis Chapman | NYY | RP |
| 2 | 4 | Roberto Osuna | TOR | RP |
| 2 | 5 | Ken Giles | HOU | RP |
| 2 | 6 | Edwin Diaz | SEA | RP |
| 2 | 7 | Mike Minor | TEX | RP |
| 2 | 8 | Wade Davis | COL | RP |
| 3 | 9 | Brandon Morrow | CHC | RP |
| 3 | 10 | Jeurys Familia | NYM | RP |
| 3 | 11 | Felipe Rivero | PIT | RP |
| 3 | 12 | Raisel Iglesias | CIN | RP |
| 3 | 13 | Corey Knebel | MIL | RP |
| 3 | 14 | Kelvin Herrera | KC | RP |
| 3 | 15 | Andrew Miller | CLE | RP |
| 3 | 16 | Alex Colome | TB | RP |
| 3 | 17 | Mike Montgomery | CHC | SPRP |
| 4 | 18 | Cody Allen | CLE | RP |
| 4 | 19 | Sean Doolittle | WSH | RP |
| 4 | 20 | Brad Hand | SD | RP |
| 4 | 21 | Fernando Rodney | MIN | RP |
| 4 | 22 | Brad Peacock | HOU | SPRP |
| 4 | 23 | Joe Biagini | TOR | SPRP |
| 4 | 24 | Mark Melancon | SF | RP |
| 4 | 25 | Joe Musgrove | PIT | SPRP |
| 4 | 26 | Arodys Vizcaino | ATL | RP |
| 4 | 27 | Alex Claudio | TEX | RP |
| 4 | 28 | Cam Bedrosian | LAA | RP |
| 5 | 29 | Dellin Betances | NYY | RP |
| 5 | 30 | Brad Boxberger | ARI | RP |
