| This is the ninth report in the series of our 2010 | | | | 6) Francisco Rodriguez |
| fantasy baseball rankings looking at the closers. | | | | 7) Andrew Bailey |
| This is the most unstable position on your fantasy | | | | 8.) Heath Bell |
| baseball team even though it has the smallest | | | | 9) Jose Valverde |
| category impact when compared to other spots | | | | 10) Huston Street |
| on your roster. | | | | 11) Brian Wilson |
| Every season there are usually 10 or more relief | | | | 12) Francisco Cordero |
| pitchers that did not start the season at closer | | | | 13) Billy Wagner |
| that end up getting some saves. That means that | | | | 14) Rafael Soriano |
| roughly 33% or more of major league baseball | | | | 15) Brian Fuentes |
| teams are going to have closer problems at some | | | | 16) Trevor Hoffman |
| point. This makes the upper echelon of closers | | | | 17) Frank Francisco |
| much more valuable for their consistency and | | | | 18) Mike Gonzalez |
| dependability. It also means once the top tier of | | | | 19) Chad Qualls |
| closers are off the draft board, you don't need to | | | | 20) David Aardsma |
| panic and chase saves because there is a very | | | | 21) Carlos Marmol |
| good possibility that several closers from the | | | | 22) Bobby Jenks |
| middle to low tiers are going to lose their job. | | | | 23) Ryan Franklin |
| History has shown us that you are going to be | | | | 24) Kerry Wood |
| able to get extra saves at some point during the | | | | 25) Brad Lidge |
| season via free agency. | | | | 26) Matt Capps |
| Here is a look at the top 30 closers as we head | | | | 27) Leo Nunez |
| into the 2010 season. | | | | The following teams have several players that will |
| 1) Jonathan Broxton | | | | be fighting for the closer position once spring |
| 2) Joe Nathan | | | | training starts. The current favorite to lead the |
| 3) Jonathan Papelbon | | | | team in saves is listed first in the order of players |
| 4) Mariano Rivera | | | | by team. |
| 5) Joakim Soria | | | | |