2021 Consensus Top-40 Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Rankings

That’s right, it’s finally Fantasy Baseball draft season! While some of us degenerates were drafting back in October and November, January is the first month where fantasy baseball drafts really kick into high gear. We here at FantraxHQ have been pumping out a ton of great content all offseason long and now are diving head-first into our 2021 Fantrax Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit. A big part of any draft kit are the rankings, and we’re continuing our staff consensus rankings for 2021 with our fantasy baseball relief pitcher rankings.

Below you’ll find the consensus rankings that seven of our MLB writers were involved in. Those being Eric Cross, Chris Clegg, Jorge Montanez, Justin Johnson, David Mendelson, Nic Civale, and Dave Swan. Each writer provided anywhere from 40 to 60 relievers so we could create our consensus top-40.

Formulating relief pitcher rankings can be a pain in the butt. That’s especially true in 2021 as there are several of those dreaded “closer by committees” which always makes outlooks a bit murky while limiting the fantasy value of all involved in it. But we did our best and hope that these rankings can help give you an edge in your fantasy drafts.

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2021 Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Rankings

Rank	Player	Eric	Chris	Mendy	Jorge	Dave	Justin	Nic
1	Liam Hendriks	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
2	Josh Hader	1	1	2	2	4	1	1
3	Aroldis Chapman	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
4	Edwin Diaz	3	3	8	5	2	4	5
5	Raisel Iglesias	5	6	4	4	5	6	6
6	Brad Hand	8	5	6	7	12	7	3
7	Ryan Pressly	6	12	5	6	6	5	8
8	Kirby Yates	7	9	7	9	10	8	9
9	James Karinchak	10	7	9	10	7	9	7
10	Kenley Jansen	9	8	13	8	8	10	11
11	Devin Williams	11	10	11	11	20	14	10
12	Nick Anderson	12	11	14	12	15	16	12
13	Taylor Rogers	14	13	16	14	9	15	15
14	Craig Kimbrel	17	15	NR	NR	11	13	16
15	Drew Pomeranz	18	18	10	23	NR	11	14
16	Alex Colome	15	14	19	13	13	27	13
17	Trevor Rosenthal	13	16	20	16	14	19	17
18	Rafael Montero	16	17	15	20	18	18	18
19	Giovanny Gallegos	19	23	17	19	22	23	23
20	Will Smith	23	21	29	24	16	12	21
21	Richard Rodriguez	21	19	28	NR	21	29	19
22	Matt Barnes	24	20	31	31	27	24	20
23	Diego Castillo	20	37	45	15	19	17	29
24	Amir Garrett	22	29	22	32	31	22	27
25	Lucas Sims	28	25	21	28	32	35	25
26	Jake Diekman	31	31	12	21	35	26	41
27	Greg Holland	34	26	32	29	23	28	26
28	Tyler Duffey	37	33	27	22	NR	21	42
29	Archie Bradley	32	28	24	36	29	38	28
30	Mark Melancon	25	24	37	41	37	NR	24
31	Hector Neris	26	27	36	34	NR	NR	37
32	Stefan Crichton	27	30	43	39	28	25	38
33	Jose Leclerc	35	39	30	54	17	20	39
34	Jordan Hicks	29	38	34	35	33	36	30
35	Anthony Bass	36	NR	39	40	24	31	NR
36	Trevor May	40	41	33	30	30	NR	33
37	Yimi Garcia	33	32	42	37	25	33	40
38	Daniel Bard	30	36	50	NR	26	37	36
39	Josh Staumont	38	49	NR	27	39	NR	32
40	Hunter Harvey	41	35	41	42	42	39	35

Did you find these consensus rankings useful? For more great rankings, strategy, and analysis check out the 2021 FantraxHQ Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit. We’ll be adding more content from now right up until Opening Day!

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