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MLB Fantasy Baseball Profile: Is Mariano Rivera Still a Top 5 Fantasy Closer?

style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 1.1em;">Mariano Rivera had 33 saves last year. Solid number, but there were eleven closers with more saves than Mo last year.

 

Of the 18 closers with 25 or more saves last year, only Ryan Franklin (42) had fewer than Mo’s 45 strikeouts.

 

In fact, the other 16 closers had at least 52 strikeouts. Brian Wilson, Heath Bell, Carlos Marmol and Jonathan Papelbon rung up at least 76 batters.

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