Preseason Ranks: Relief Pitcher

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The following list comprises the fantasy baseball top 45 relief pitcher rankings of each Yahoo! Sports fantasy expert for the ’11 season. The list is ordered by the overall top 45 composite ranking of the four experts, with the remaining players that received votes rounding out the bottom of the list.

2011 Relief Pitcher Rankings
	Brandon Funston	Andy Behrens	Brad Evans	Scott Pianowski	Composite Ranking
Carlos Marmol(notes)	1	1	1	1	1
Mariano Rivera(notes)	2	2	4	2	2
Neftali Feliz(notes)	3	3	3	3	3
Joakim Soria(notes)	4	5	2	6	4
Brian Wilson(notes)	5	4	5	4	5
Heath Bell(notes)	6	7	6	7	6
Matt Thornton(notes)	8	6	7	8	7
Jonathan Papelbon(notes)	9	9	9	5	8
Francisco Rodriguez	7	8	13	10	9
Jonathan Broxton(notes)	15	11	11	9	10
Chris Perez(notes)	13	10	8	17	11
Jose Valverde(notes)	11	13	14	11	12
John Axford(notes)	14	12	15	12	13
J.J. Putz(notes)	12	15	10	16	14
Huston Street(notes)	17	14	12	14	15
Andrew Bailey(notes)	10	16	16	15	16
Francisco Cordero(notes)	19	17	20	13	17
Leo Nunez(notes)	18	20	18	21	18
Ryan Franklin(notes)	20	18	22	18	19
Joel Hanrahan(notes)	22	19	17	22	20
Drew Storen(notes)	16	23	19	24	21
Craig Kimbrel(notes)	23	21	21	25	22
Joe Nathan(notes)	21	25	24	20	23
Brandon Lyon(notes)	25	22	29	23	24
Brad Lidge(notes)	28	26	26	19	25
Fernando Rodney(notes)	26	28	32	26	26
David Aardsma(notes)	27	27	31	29	27
Frank Francisco(notes)	29	33	25	30	28
Jonny Venters(notes)	24	29	39	27	29
Aroldis Chapman(notes)	35	31	23	33	30
Jake McGee(notes)	30	34	28	34	31
Luke Gregerson(notes)	39	24	35	32	32
Daniel Bard(notes)	38	30	30	35	33
Kevin Gregg(notes)	36	43	27	28	34
Hong-Chih Kuo(notes)	34	32	34	36	35
Ryan Madson(notes)	32	44	33	45	36
Chris Sale(notes)	43	41	37	39	37
Koji Uehara(notes)	40	42	40	41	38
Jordan Walden(notes)	33	–	38	43	39
Jon Rauch(notes)	–	35	42	38	40
Tyler Clippard(notes)	37	37	–	42	41
Brandon League(notes)	42	–	43	31	42
Rafael Soriano(notes)	–	36	36	–	43
Mike Adams(notes)	31	–	–	44	44
Evan Meek(notes)	–	38	–	40	45
Joaquin Benoit(notes)	–	–	44	37	–
Kyle McClellan(notes)	41	–	41	–	–
Kenley Jansen(notes)	45	39	–	–	–
Brian Fuentes(notes)	–	40	–	–	–
Jason Motte(notes)	44	–	–	–	–
Sergio Romo(notes)	–	45	–	–	–
Sean Marshall(notes)	–	–	45	–	–