Top 10 closers in baseball right now?

[rozzz5]

1. BJ Ryan
2. Papalbon
3. Hoffman
4. Nathan
5. Putz
6. M. Rivera
7. K Rod
8. T. Gordon
9. Wagner
10. Otsuka

Hey man, why are you hogging that strong stuff that your smoking? Share some with the rest of us. Putz over Rivera. Shame on you!

[thomasps3]

1. BJ Ryan
2. Papalbon
3. Hoffman
4. Nathan
5. Putz
6. M. Rivera
7. K Rod
8. T. Gordon
9. Wagner
10. Otsuka

Hey man, why are you hogging that strong stuff that your smoking? Share some with the rest of us. Putz over Rivera. Shame on you!

Anyone who put(z) Mariano in 6th has got to go get their head checked. He is the best closer ever and I am not even a Yankees fan. I agree that Papelbon has been sick this year, and I am a Red Sox fan. Have you guys ever heard his entrance music? Let the bodies hit the floor for a rookie closer? Da*n, he does have the balls of Superman!

[Old_Style]

if papelbon has balls of steel, than mariano has balls of titanium.

[thomasps3]

if papelbon has balls of steel, than mariano has balls of titanium.

great point. That is why Mariano should always be #1, while my man Paps is a definite #2.

[Smee]

1. BJ Ryan
2. Papalbon
3. Hoffman
4. Nathan
5. Putz
6. M. Rivera
7. K Rod
8. T. Gordon
9. Wagner
10. Otsuka

Hey man, why are you hogging that strong stuff that your smoking? Share some with the rest of us. Putz over Rivera. Shame on you!

Rivera has certainly had the better career, perhaps the best career of any closer ever, but this year their numbers look like this:

Putz 47IP 63K 2.47ERA .80WHIP
Rivera 54 IP 40K 1.99ERA .96ERA

As I understood the thread, we're talking about this year. Putz and Rivera are closer than you'd like to admit.

[cobbs87]

Anyone would still rather have Rivera this year. Your taking Putz because of more ks? I don't get your logic.

[Iconoclastic]

The exclusion of Huston Street on some of these lists is appalling.

1. Mo
2. Pap
3. Nathan
4. Street
5. KRod
6. Ryan
7. Wagner
8-10. Doesn't really matter

[Smee]

Anyone would still rather have Rivera this year. Your taking Putz because of more ks? I don't get your logic.

Higher K/9, lower WHIP seems like pretty good logic to me.

Why do you have Rivera ranked higher?

[Knicks4ever]

Rivera has to be #1 imo. He is the best closer ever, and no other closer here has proven himself to be on the level of rivera year in and year out. Id go

1. Rivera
2. Ryan
3. Papelbon
4. Nathan
5. Wagner
6. KRod
7. Putz
8. Hoffman
9. Street
10. Gordon

[Noel Blake Fan Club]

1. MO(hes a legend and I'll hear no arguments otherwise)
2. Papelbon
3. BJ Ryan
4. Nathan
5. Gordon
6. Hoffman
7. K-Rod
8. Wagner
9. Street
10. Otsuka

Nobody's questioning Rivera's stellar career, but the thread title is asking the top 10 closers RIGHT NOW. BJ Ryan and Paps look the best 2 out there at the moment, although Nathan has stepped it up recently. Putz and Otsuka are also having good years, and there are strong cases for Street, Hoffman etc. for making up the rest of the top 10. Oh, and Mo is obviously high up the list as well (in the top 4 IMO).

How's that for sitting on the fence? Throw out a bunch of names and place them in no particular order...