Pre-season Closer Rankings

1.Francisco Rodriguez-His K's put him ahead of Mo-1.73/98/47/1.10
2.Joe Nathan-Are you serious with WHIP?-1.58/95/36/0.79
3.Mariano Rivera-"Enter Sandman"-1.80/55/34/0.96
4.B.J. Ryan-1.37/86/38/0.86
5.Billy Wagner-2.24/94/40/1.11
6.Trevor Hoffman-Consistent, but low K's-2.14/50/46/0.97
7.Huston Street-I see a big year coming-3.31/67/37/1.09
8.Chad Cordero-Saves will drop with bad Nat's team-3.19/69/29/1.10
9.Chris Ray-I foresee a solid, yet quiet year-2.73/51/33/1.09
10.Bobby Jenks-4.00/80/41/1.39
11.J.J. Putz-In '05 he had 15 less K's than IP. In '06 he had 26 more K's than IP. I see more of an '05 form-2.30/104/36/0.92
12.Tom Gordon-Watch for September fatigue-3.34/68/34/1.26
13.Francisco Cordero-High WHIP-3.70/84/22/1.35
14.Brad Lidge-He is a mystery this year-5.28/104/32/1.40
15.Eric Gagne-Still has it if healthy-0.00/3/1/0.50
16.Brian Fuentes-3.44/73/30/1.16
17.Takashi Saito-2.07/107/24/0.91
18.Taylor Tankerlsey-I see a strong year from him, where he keeps job all season-2.85/46/3/1.44
19.Jason Isringhausen-3.55/52/33/1.46
20.Todd Jones-As long as they win, his job is safe-3.94/28/37/1.27
21.Salomon Torres-3.28/72/12/1.46
22.Joe Borowski-Who would replace him?-3.75/64/36/1.38
23.Octavio Dotel-Job is safe if he gets back to pre-Tommy John self-10.80/7/0/2.90
24.Armando Benetiz-3.52/31/17/1.57
25.Bob Wickman-Will be dealt with Gonzalez and Soriano in Braves pen-2.67/42/33/1.23
26.Jose Valverde-Will lose job or platoon-5.84/69/18/1.46
27.Ryan Dempster-He will be praying for Wood's annual DL vacation-4.80/67/24/1.51
28.Boston Closer Situation-Every option is not equipped for role except Papelbon-Candidates:Piniero, Hansen, Timlin, Delcarmen
29.Mike Stanton-3.99/48/8/1.39
30.Seth McClung-Why ever draft a Tampa closer?-6.29/59/6/1.83