With recent news of injuries cropping up in the land of fantasy baseball closers, I thought it was time to revisit the list of the 2010 fantasy baseball rankings for closers from last month.
The injury to Joe Nathan plus news that Huston Street will most likely start the season on the disabled list means that two of the top 10 closers are going to be knocked down or off your draft list.
This could mean that closers go a round or two earlier than you might expect in your draft as owners try to get one of the few solid options available to them.
Here is a look at my current 2010 fantasy baseball tiers for closers based on the latest information:
Tier 1: rock solid
1. Jonathan Broxton
2. Jonathan Papelbon
3. Mariano Rivera
4. Joakim Soria
Tier 2: pretty solid
5. Francisco Rodriguez
6. Andrew Bailey
7. Heath Bell
8. Jose Valverde
9. Brian Wilson
10. Francisco Cordero
Tier 3: some injury risk in this tier
11. Billy Wagner
12. Rafael Soriano
13. Brian Fuentes
14. Trevor Hoffman
15. Huston Street
Tier 4: unproven after one season of closing
16. Frank Francisco
17. Mike Gonzalez
18. Chad Qualls
19. David Aardsma
20. Carlos Marmol
Tier 5: which player from this group loses his job first?
21. Bobby Jenks
22. Ryan Franklin
23. Kerry Wood
24. Brad Lidge
25. Leo Nunez
Tier 6: bottom of the barrel time
26. Matt Capps
27. Jon Rauch, Matt Guerrier
28. Kevin Gregg, Jason Frasor, Scott Downs
29. Matt Lindstrom, Brandon Lyon
30. Octavio Dotel


