Relievers are the forgotten class of players in the fantasy world, and with good reason: With one exception, they don’t move the needle as much as any other position. Relievers generally top out at 70 innings, significantly limiting what even the best ones can do for your bottom line. Since nearly all fantasy leagues use saves as a category, relievers as group have a baseline value beneath which they will not fall, but their ceiling doesn’t climb much higher than that floor.
Consider this an argument strongly against investing in any of the high-priced closer options. That’s less a commentary on Aroldis Chapman, Kenley Jansen and Zach Britton and more one on the position as a whole.