PLAYERS:
Craig Kimbrel,
Aroldis Chapman,
Fernando Rodney,
Chris Perez,
David Hernandez,
Mark Reynolds,
JJ Putz,
Brad Ziegler,
Greg Holland,
Joakim Soria,
Jonathan Broxton,
Kelvin Herrera,
Aaron Crow,
Tim Collins,
Sean Doolittle,
JP Howell,
Kyle Farnsworth,
Junichi Tazawa,
Octavio Dotel,
Vinnie Pestano,
Wilton Lopez,
Francisco Cordero,
Casey Fien,
Casey Janssen,
Sergio Santos
TEAMS: Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays
TEAMS: Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays
When talking about relievers across the league, you know the story...Craig Kimbrel and Aroldis Chapman have been dominant, Fernando Rodney is having an unreal year after being signed on the cheap by the Rays, Chris Perez has been excellent but a loudmouth, and so on and so forth. If you're a fantasy baseball freak, you probably have already picked up and dropped all of these guys...but that doesn't mean that their names have been in the mainstream spotlight that much this season. Here are ten relievers that are having pretty awesome years, but no one is talking about on a larger stage.
1. David Hernandez, Diamondbacks Hernandez was part of the return that Arizona acquired from the Orioles in exchange for Mark Reynolds prior to the 2011 season. All that Hernandez has done in his new home in the desert is strike out 12.74 batters per nine while walking 3.05 (both rates have vastly improved from 2011) while lowering his ERA by a run to 2.35 this year. Hernandez has been part of...
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