MLB Position Power Rankings: B/R's Top 30 Relief Pitchers

We've come to the final entry in ourpositional power rankings seriesthe relief pitchers.There's not a more fickle group of players in the majors, and that's exactly why the price of proven late-inning arms has continued to skyrocket in recent years.Aroldis Chapman (five years, $86 million), Kenley Jansen (five years, $80 million) and Mark Melancon (four years, $62 million) all cashed in this winter in free agency, and we saw last summer the prospect value placed on the likes of Chapman and Andrew Miller.At any rate, our mission here was to rank the game's best relief pitchers.It's important to note that the goal was to identify the 30 best relievers for the 2017 seasonand the 2017 season alone.Someone like Edwin Diaz has more upside than Mark Melancon going forward, but is he going to be better this year'Think of this as a big board for the position if the entire league were to redraft for one all-or-nothing season in 2017.Previous top-30 series entries:Catchers,First Basemen,Second Basemen,Shortstops,Third Basemen,Center Fielders,Corner Outfielders, Starting PitchersBegin Slideshow
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