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Paul Sewald, whose Deadline Day acquisition by the Arizona Diamondbacks greatly helped their team bullpen rankings
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Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Trade Deadline Update to Team Rankings, 1–30

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — All-Star Break Team Rankings The Trade Deadline is over, and with the new acquisitions having reported to their teams, it is time for another set of team bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings. However, this one will be a bit different. For the only time all season, we will use each player’s […]

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Will Smith of the Texas Rangers, who leads AL closers in the Week 16 individual reliever rankings.
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Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Week 16 Individual Rankings

Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza — Week 16 Individual Rankings We are near the end of Week 16 of the season. Here are the top ten individual relievers in each league. But these rankings take it to a different level than the other reliever rankings you’ve seen. We will separate our rankings by closers, setup […]

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Setup man Elvis Peguero, whose Milwaukee Brewers lead the Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza Week 16 team rankings.
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Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Week 16 (July 24 to July 30) Team Rankings, 1–30

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — 7/24–7/30 Team Rankings We are almost through the 16th week of the season. The leader in our bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings has remained the same but has widened its lead by a significant margin. In the rest of the rankings, there has been crazy movement, with some teams plummeting. Since […]

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Larry Walker, Ozzie Smith, Dave WInfield, and Eddie Murray being introduced
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Ozzie Smith, Other Hall of Fame Legends Lead On-field Clinic in Cooperstown

Ozzie Smith Leads On-field Clinic in Cooperstown for 20th Year COOPERSTOWN, NY. (Jul 21) — Dozens of fans young and old descended on Doubleday Field Friday morning for a dream experience with Hall of Fame legends. Ozzie Smith, for the 20th year, led an on-field instruction along with Eddie Murray, Larry Walker, and Dave Winfield […]

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The ASB Individual Reliever Rankings for the All-Star Break / Week 15. The best relievers in each category are pictured. AL Middle Reliever - Brock Stewart, AL Setup Man - Jason Foley, AL Closer - Will Smith. NL Middle Reliever - Jesse Chavez, NL Setup Man - Joel Payamps, NL Closer - David Bednar.
Photo: Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images) Top center: DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JULY 08: Jason Foley #68 of the Detroit Tigers throws a seventh inning pitch against the Toronto Blue Jaysat Comerica Park on July 08, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Top right: DETROIT, MICHIGAN - MAY 30: Will Smith #51 of the Texas Rangers delivers a pitch against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) Bottom left: PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JUNE 03: Jesse Chavez #60 of the Atlanta Braves delivers a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 03, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) Bottom center: MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 13: Joel Payamps #31 of the Milwaukee Brewers celebrates recording a strikeout against Joey Gallo #13 of the Minnesota Twins to end the eighth inning at Target Field on June 13, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins defeated the Brewers 7-5. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) Bottom right: MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 23: David Bednar #51 of the Pittsburgh Pirates delivers a pitch against the Miami Marlins during the ninth inning at loanDepot park on June 23, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — All-Star Break Individual Rankings

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — All-Star Break Individual Rankings After the All-Star Break ends, we will begin Week 15 of the season. We’ve been ranking each team’s relief unit since June 12. Now we’ll rank the top ten individual relievers in each league. But we will take it to a different level than the […]

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Closer David Bednar, whose Pittsburgh Pirates find themselves near the top of the Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza All-Star Break/Week 15 team rankings.
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Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza —All-Star Break Team Rankings, 1–30

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — All-Star Break Team Rankings After the All-Star Break ends, we will begin Week 15 of the season. The top two teams in our bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings have remained the same, but there has been shuffling everywhere else. We have a new #30 for the first time since these rankings […]

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Will Smith, whose Texas Rangers made the first big reliever trade of the season and have improved by three spots in the Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza Week 14 team rankings.
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Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Week 14 (July 3 to July 9) Team Rankings, 1–30

Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza — Week 14 (July 3 to July 9) Team Rankings We are in the 14th week of the season. The leader of the team bullpen/reliever/relief corps rankings has remained the same but has widened its lead by a significant margin. The team that plummeted on the leaderboard two weeks ago […]

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2023 All-Star Teams Announced

The full rosters for the 2023 Major League Baseball All-Star teams were announced Sunday. This year’s game will be played on July 11th at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington.  The fan-voted starters were announced on Thursday.  A breakdown of the All-Star teams follows: Here are the All-Star starters: AMERICAN LEAGUE C: Jonah Heim (TEX) 1B: Yandy Díaz (TB) 2B: Marcus […]

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