May 6, 2008, 5:22 PM

2008 Rankings: Top relief pitchers for the rest of the season

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Our May-to-the-end rankings are the first of several re-rankings we'll bring you this season. The methodology? Simple. Nine of our fantasy staffers were tasked with ranking the 340 players they see as the most valuable from this point forward: that means April numbers don't count in this exercise. Only what a hitter or pitcher will do from this day forward.

In order to give you the most accurate consensus, the highest and lowest rank for each player were thrown out, with the remaining seven averaged out to the score you see. However, we kept the high and low mark in play in bringing you the name of the staffer who liked each player the most or the least.

The rankers (in alphabetical order): Matthew Berry (whose personal ranks were published Monday), Tristan Cockcroft, Jason Grey, Christopher Harris, Will Harris, Eric Karabell, AJ Mass, Nate Ravitz and Brendan Roberts.

You can see rankings filtered for each position by using the drop-down menu below.

Reliever rankings
RankNameTeamQualifiesAverage Highest Lowest
1Jonathan PapelbonBOSRP49.3 W. Harris Grey
2Joe NathanMINRP65.3 W. Harris Grey
3Francisco RodriguezLAARP71.7 W. Harris Mass
4Mariano RiveraNYYRP82.0 W. Harris Berry
5Billy WagnerNYMRP90.0 W. Harris Berry
6Takashi SaitoLADRP95.4 Ravitz Berry
7J.J. PutzSEARP102.6 W. Harris Berry
8Joakim SoriaKCRP117.7 Mass Berry
9Matt CappsPITRP124.6 W. Harris Berry
10Bobby JenksCHWRP125.6 W. Harris Mass
11Brad LidgePHIRP130.0 W. Harris Grey
12Huston StreetOAKRP140.1 W. Harris Berry
13Francisco CorderoCINRP147.1 W. Harris Berry
14Jose ValverdeHOURP153.3 W. Harris Mass
15Jason IsringhausenSTLRP153.6 Cockcroft Mass
16Joba ChamberlainNYYRP173.9 Mass W. Harris
17George SherrillBALRP176.1 Ravitz Mass
18Trevor HoffmanSDRP187.6 Ravitz Grey
19B.J. RyanTORRP207.4 W. Harris Karabell
20Brandon LyonARIRP207.9 Karabell W. Harris
21Brian FuentesCOLRP216.7 W. Harris Karabell
22Brian WilsonSFRP216.7 C. Harris Mass
23Todd JonesDETRP220.7 C. Harris Mass
24Kevin GreggFLARP226.4 W. Harris Mass
25Carlos MarmolCHCRP229.3 Mass Karabell
26Jon RauchWASRP231.1 Mass Roberts
27Troy PercivalTBRP232.7 Mass Grey
28C.J. WilsonTEXRP237.1 W. Harris Mass
29Eric GagneMILRP238.9 W. Harris Mass
30Kerry WoodCHCRP243.1 Mass Grey
31Rafael BetancourtCLERP254.4 W. Harris Berry
32Jonathan BroxtonLADRP259.3 Mass Berry
33Jonathan SanchezSFRP270.0 Grey Cockcroft
34Joe BorowskiCLERP289.3 Mass W. Harris
35Rafael SorianoATLRP292.6 C. Harris Berry
36Hideki OkajimaBOSRP293.1 Mass Karabell
37Santiago CasillaOAKRP320.7 Mass Karabell
38Pat NeshekMINRP323.1 Grey Berry
39Manny ParraMILRP327.4 C. Harris Berry
40Manny CorpasCOLRP327.6 C. Harris Berry
41Heath BellSDRP328.6 Ravitz Berry
42Scot ShieldsLAARP330.4 Mass Berry
43Bob HowryCHCRP333.0 Mass Berry
44Tony PenaARIRP337.0 C. Harris Berry
45Jeremy AccardoTORRP339.4 C. Harris Berry
46Chad QuallsARIRP340.9 Mass Berry
47Chad CorderoWASRP341.7 Cockcroft Berry
48Luis AyalaWASRP342.0 C. Harris Berry
49Dan WheelerTBRP342.6 Mass Berry
50Justin DuchschererOAKRP342.7 W. Harris Berry
51Joaquin BenoitTEXRP345.6 Grey Berry
52Damaso MartePITRP347.4 Mass Berry
53Carlos VillanuevaMILRP348.4 Grey Berry