After Top5 RP's...

[Fort]

how would you rank the next tier of Relief Pitchers after the top5 studs?

I'm assuming your lists will include
Dotel
Guardado
Izzy
Percival
Hoffman
etc...

thanks

[Pogotheostrich]

This is my top 10

Tier 1 - Gagne
Tier 2 - Wagner, Smoltz
Tier 3 - Foulke, Rivera
Tier 4 - Dotel, Izzy, Guardado
Tier 5 - Rhodes, Benitez, Borowski

[DJUmperPSU]

I think you have to take Rivera 2nd..... don't downgrade him.

[Fort]

This is my top 10

Tier 1 - Gagne
Tier 2 - Wagner, Smoltz
Tier 3 - Foulke, Rivera
Tier 4 - Dotel, Izzy, Guardado
Tier 5 - Rhodes, Benitez, Borowski

great breakdown!
curious though... Percival/Hoffman you'd consider Tier 6?

[Playoffbound]

Everybody is ranking Eddie Guardado as an elite closer, I am not sure he will get that many saves this year. He is in the set up role so he will get less opportunities.

Maybe I am way off but I have him downgraded a lot. Still a great pticher just in the right role to be considered one of the elite closers.

[Pogotheostrich]

Percival should really be tier 5. I overlooked him. Hoffman's injury scares me.

[mark8037]

Everybody is ranking Eddie Guardado as an elite closer, I am not sure he will get that many saves this year. He is in the set up role so he will get less opportunities.

Hasn't guardado got the seattle closer's job.

[bravelaker]

Everybody is ranking Eddie Guardado as an elite closer, I am not sure he will get that many saves this year. He is in the set up role so he will get less opportunities.

Hasn't guardado got the seattle closer's job.

yes he does have the closers job

[Cornbread Maxwell]

Id put Percival in teir 4. But other than that its about right.

[Pogotheostrich]

Is anyone else going to answer the question?

I can totally see Percy in the 4th tier. Rivera as 2nd overall, I think is a bit of a stretch.