Friday's Firemen

Sorry folks, I was a bit busy yesterday to post this up, but here we go, your fantasy firemen for your pitching staffs. I'll put them in tiers once again to give you an idea of where people rank. Mariano Rivera dropped even though he only blew one save (the only save opportunity he had). The problem is that he really didn't do much and you have K-Rod going nuts with four saves to boost himself up. The formula's not perfect and needs some tweaking, but it gives me a pretty good idea when it comes to trending how players are going to turn out in the end. The thing is that players can just fall out of tiers without any productive work if their team doesn't give them opportunities to close. And with that, here's the rankings...

1. Drew Storen
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2. Francisco Rodriguez (↑3)
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3. Brian Wilson
4. Sergio Santos (↑4)
5. Leo Nunez (↑5)
6. Jose Valverde (↑1)
7. Mariano Rivera (↓5)
8. Ryan Madson (↓2)
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9. Huston Street (↓5)
10. Jonathan Papelbon (↑7)
11. Carlos Marmol (↑1)
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12. Francisco Cordero (↑4)

13. Heath Bell
14. Joel Hanrahan (↓3)
15. Fernando Salas (↑4)
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16. Kyle Farnsworth (↓2)
17. Chris Perez (↓8)
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18. J.J. Putz (↑2)
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19. Craig Kimbrel (↓4)
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20. Joakim Soria (↓2)
21. Matt Capps (NEW)
22. John Axford (NEW)
23. Mark Melancon (NEW)
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24. Neftali Feliz (↓2)
25. Frank Francisco (NEW)
Out: Kevin Gregg, Jordan Walden, Brian Fuentes, Eduardo Sanchez

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