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Closer or Poser: Closer Depth Chart 5/4

Cody Crosby, FantasyJuice.com

May 04, 2010

We continue our Closer Depth Chart to reflect some changes so far during the early part of the 2010 season.

Trevor Hoffman has been uncharacteristically poor so far to start the season leading some to speculate at how long of a leash he has with the Brewers.

Frank Francisco lost his job in Texas to the young Neftali Feliz.

The newest development in closer land is the promotion of Alfredo Simon to the closer role for Baltimore.

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 their 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	Clay Hensley	Burke Badenhop
	New York Mets	Francisco Rodriguez	5	Pedro Feliciano	Fernando Nieve	Hasanori Takahasi
	Philadelphia Phillies	Jose Contreras	1	Brad Lidge	Chad Durbin	Ryan Madson (INJ)
	Washington Nationals	Matt Capps	2	Drew Storen	Brian Bruney	Tyler Clippard
NL Central
	Chicago Cubs	Carlos Marmol	3	John Grabow	Carlos Zambrano	Sean Marshall
	Cincinnati Reds	Francisco Cordero	4	Arthur Rhodes	MikeLincoln	Jared Burton
	Houston Astros	Matt Lindstrom	2	Brandon Lyon	Jeff Fulchino	Chris Sampson
	Milwaukee Brewers	Trevor Hoffman	2	Todd Coffey	LaTroy Hawkins	Carlos Villanueva
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Octavio Dotel	2	Joel Hanrahan	Evan Meek	Brendan Donnelly
	St. Louis Cardinals	Ryan Franklin	4	Jason Motte	Kyle McClellan	Trever Miller
NL West
	Arizona Diamondbacks	Chad Qualls	3	Juan Gutierrez	Aaron Heilman	Bob Howry
	Colorado Rockies	Franklin Morales	2	Manny Corpas	Matt Daley	Joe Beimel
	Los Angeles Dodgers	Jonathan Broxton	5	George Sherrill	Ramon Troncoso	Ronald Belisario
	San Diego Padres	Heath Bell	4	Luke Gregerson	Mike Adams	Edward Mujica
	San Francisco Giants	Brian Wilson	4	Jeremy Affedlt	Sergio Romo	Dan Runzler
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AL East
	Baltimore Orioles	Alfredo Simon	1	Mike Gonzalez (INJ)	Cla Meredith
	Boston Red Sox	Jonathan Papelbon	5	Daniel Bard	Manny Delcarmen	Hideki Okajima
	New York Yankees	Mariano Rivera	5	Joba Chamberlain	Alfredo Aceves	Damaso Marte
	Tampa Bay Rays	Rafael Soriano	3	Dan Wheeler	Grant Balfour	Joaquin Benoit
	Toronto Blue Jays	Kevin Gregg	1	Scott Downs	Jason Frasor	Jeremy Accardo
AL Central
	Chicago White Sox	Bobby Jenks	2	Matt Thornton	J.J. Putz	Sergio Santos
	Cleveland Indians	Chris Perez	1	Tony Sipp	Kerry Wood (INJ)	Joe Smith
	Detroit Tigers	Jose Valverde	4	Ryan Perry	Joel Zumaya	Phil Coke
	Kansas City Royals	Joakim Soria	5	Kyle Farnsworth	Dusty Hughes
	Minnesota Twins	Jon Rauch	2	Matt Guerrier	Brian Duensing	Pat Neshek
AL West
	Los Angeles Angels	Brian Fuentes	2	Fernando Rodney	Jason Bulger	Scot Shields
	Oakland Athletics	Andrew Bailey	4	Michael Wuertz	Tyson Ross	Brad Ziegler
	Seattle Mariners	David Aardsma	3	Mark Lowe	Brandon League	Sean White
	Texas Rangers	Neftali Feliz	3	Frank Francisco	Darren O'Day	Chris Ray