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Closer or Poser: Closer Depth Chart 2/16

Cody Crosby, FantasyJuice.com

February 16, 2010

In the first installment of our Closer Depth Chart series we post our closer predictions for the 2010 fantasy baseball season.

The rankings will be updated as we approach the start of the season to reflect changes in bullpens and Spring performances.

During the season we will post the closer situations for each major league team on a weekly basis. Check back often for updated rankings.

Below are the current projected closers for the 2010 season, our confidence ratings that they will keep the job, and their nearest competitors for the closing job.

	Team	Closer	Rating*	Next In Line
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NL East
	Atlanta Braves	Billy Wagner	2	Takashi Saito	Peter Moylan	Kris Medlen
	Florida Marlins	Leo Nunez	2	Brian Sanches	Dan Meyer	Burke Badenhop
	New York Mets	Francisco Rodriguez	5	Pedro Feliciano	Sean Green
	Philadelphia Phillies	Brad Lidge	2	Ryan Madson	J.C. Romero	Danys Baez
	Washington Nationals	Matt Capps	1	Drew Storen	Brian Bruney	Tyler Clippard
NL Central
	Chicago Cubs	Carlos Marmol	2	Angel Guzman	John Grabow	Jeff Gray
	Cincinnati Reds	Francisco Cordero	4	Arthur Rhodes	Nick Masset	Jared Burton
	Houston Astros	Brandon Lyon	2	Matt Lindstrom	Jeff Fulchino
	Milwaukee Brewers	Trevor Hoffman	4	Todd Coffey	LaTroy Hawkins	Mitch Stetter
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Octavio Dotel	3	Joel Hanrahan	Evan Meek	Brendan Donnelly
	St. Louis Cardinals	Ryan Franklin	3	Jason Motte	Kyle McClellan	Trever Miller
NL West
	Arizona Diamondbacks	Chad Qualls	3	Juan Gutierrez	Clay Zavada	Bob Howry
	Colorado Rockies	Huston Street	4	Rafael Betancourt	Manny Corpas	Franklin Morales
	Los Angeles Dodgers	Jonathan Broxton	4	George Sherrill	Ramon Troncoso	Ronald Belisario
	San Diego Padres	Heath Bell	4	Luke Gregerson	Edward Mujica	Aaron Poreda
	San Francisco Giants	Brian Wilson	4	Jeremy Affedlt	Sergio Romo	Dan Runzler
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AL East
	Baltimore Orioles	Mike Gonzalez	4	Jim Johnson	Cla Meredith
	Boston Red Sox	Jonathan Papelbon	5	Daniel Bard	Manny Delcarmen	Hideki Okajima
	New York Yankees	Mariano Rivera	5	Alfredo Aceves	David Robertson	Damaso Marte
	Tampa Bay Rays	Rafael Soriano	3	J.P. Howell	Grant Balfour	Dan Wheeler
	Toronto Blue Jays	Jason Frasor	1	Scott Downs	Kevin Gregg	Jeremy Accardo
AL Central
	Chicago White Sox	Bobby Jenks	2	Matt Thornton	J.J. Putz	Tony Pena
	Cleveland Indians	Kerry Wood	3	Tony Sipp	Chris Perez	Joe Smith
	Detroit Tigers	Jose Valverde	3	Ryan Perry	Joel Zumaya	Daniel Schlereth
	Kansas City Royals	Joakim Soria	5	Kyle Farnsworth	Carlos Rosa
	Minnesota Twins	Joe Nathan	5	Pat Neshek	Jose Mijares	Jon Rauch
AL West
	Los Angeles Angels	Brian Fuentes	2	Fernando Rodney	Jason Bulger	Scot Shields
	Oakland Athletics	Andrew Bailey	4	Michael Wuertz	Joey Devine	Brad Ziegler
	Seattle Mariners	David Aardsma	2	Mark Lowe	Brandon League	Shawn Kelley
	Texas Rangers	Frank Francisco	3	C.J. Wilson	Neftali Feliz	Chris Ray