These are the rankings of pitchers with saves. I used just four categories in this sample - Saves, Ks, ERa and WHIP. I saw no reason to reward six wins versus one for piutchers who are mainly evaluated on their ability to get saves. I also wanted to give Todd Jones some help given he was ranked in the 60s despite have the second-highest Saves total in the sample. I could still only get him to #38!
I have tagged all the expectant closers who made the list with "up" if only because they are expected to get Saves. However, I left those non-closers who scored highly right where they ranked to give an idea 1. how good they have been i.e. Rafael Betancourt and Bobby Howry and 2. as examples of pitchers who can still contribute despite beign undominant in counting categories - Saves relative to closers and Ks relative to starters.
The nominal closer of the San Francisco Giants, Brian Wilson, ranked 128th as a result of his awful ratios in his 2006 season and a general lack of innings pitcher. one cannot rack up Ks is one only throws 50 innings so far. He is a player I would take in the same area Todd Jones is selected.
Rank | Player | +/- | Rank | Player | +/- | Rank | Player | +/- | |
1 | Nathan Joe | 34 | Okajima Hideki | 67 | Gardner Lee | ||||
2 | Wagner Billy | 35 | Linebrink Scott | 68 | Pena Tony | up up | |||
3 | Saito Takashi | 36 | Benoit Joaquin | 69 | Percival Troy | up | |||
4 | Papelbon Jonathan | 37 | Otsuka Akinori | 70 | Looper Braden | ||||
5 | Putz J.J. | 38 | Jones Todd | up | 71 | Littleton Wes | |||
6 | Rodriguez Francisco | 39 | Duchscherer Justin | 72 | Seanez Rudy | ||||
7 | Rivera Mariano | 40 | Riske David | 73 | Peralta Joel | ||||
8 | Street Huston | 41 | Wickman Bob | 74 | Bradford Chad | ||||
9 | Cordero Chad | 42 | Weathers David | 75 | Janssen Casey | ||||
10 | Soriano Rafael | 43 | Rodney Fernando | 76 | Wilson C.J. | up | |||
11 | Betancourt Rafael | down | 44 | Farnsworth Kyle | 77 | Sosa Jorge | |||
12 | Hoffman Trevor | 45 | Accardo Jeremy | up | 78 | Embree Alan | |||
13 | Howry Bobby | down | 46 | Feliciano Pedro | 79 | Wise Matt | |||
14 | Jenks Bobby | 47 | Torres Salomon | 80 | Marte Damaso | ||||
15 | Fuentes Brian | down | 48 | Walker Jamie | 81 | Rivera Saul | |||
16 | Cordero Francisco | 49 | Zumaya Joel | 82 | Lyon Brandon | ||||
17 | Wheeler Dan | down down | 50 | Bell Heath | 83 | Calero Kiko | |||
18 | Valverde Jose | 51 | Guerrier Matt | 84 | Hennessey Brad | up | |||
19 | Ryan B.J. | down | 52 | Gregg Kevin | up up | 85 | Rincon Juan | ||
20 | Shields Scot | down | 53 | Perez Rafael | 86 | Guardado Eddie | |||
21 | Isringhausen Jason | 54 | Gonzalez Mike | 87 | Sanchez Duaner | ||||
22 | Capps Matt | 55 | Sherrill George | 88 | Ayala Luis | ||||
23 | Soria Joakim | 56 | Turnbow Derrick | 89 | Beimel Joe | ||||
24 | Broxton Jonathan | down | 57 | Moylan Peter | 90 | Pinto Renyel | |||
25 | Lidge Brad | 58 | Borowski Joe | up | 91 | Marmol Carlos | up | ||
26 | Corpas Manuel | 59 | Timlin Mike | 92 | Proctor Scott | ||||
27 | Ray Chris | down down down | 60 | Dempster Ryan | 93 | Tankersley Dennis | |||
28 | Reyes Al | 61 | Gagne Eric | up | 94 | Villarreal Oscar | |||
29 | Heilman Aaron | 62 | Frasor Jason | 95 | Julio Jorge | ||||
30 | Rauch Jon | 63 | Chamberlain Joba | up | 96 | Crain Jesse | |||
31 | Gordon Tom | 64 | Carrasco Hector | 97 | Miller Trever | ||||
32 | Myers Brett | 65 | Downs Scott | 98 | MacDougal Mike | ||||
33 | Qualls Chad | 66 | Villanueva Carlos | 99 | Delcarmen | Manny | |||