Total Player Ratings: Top 15 Relief Pitchers

We have finally reached the conclusion of our positional look at the total player ratings. Like with the starting pitchers, we had nearly 250 relief pitchers in the relief pitcher universe. We simply chose to look at the top 15 as we have the other positions. Like with the starters, we converted runs above replacement into an average. The methodology was exactly the same. Since we are done with this, we can move onto to Winter Meetings previews by looking at each team’s regulars and pitchers. However, we are getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s take a look at how the relief pitchers fared. 15. Jim Johnson, Baltimore Orioles Baseball ProspectusAVG= 0.6 FangraphsAVG= 11.9 Baseball ReferenceAVG= 19.5 Total Player Rating= 32.0 Ideally, your best relief pitcher should be your closer. Sometimes that doesn’t happen. Kevin Gregg spent most of the season as the Orioles’ closer. Johnson replaced him down the stretch and the Orioles started winning more close games. 14. Se...