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Power-Ranking Every MLB Bullpen Heading into the 2020 Season

Bullpens are notoriously fickle. A shutdown 'pen one season can become a liability the next—sometimes with virtually the same group of pitchers—and vice versa.

Every year, once-reliable relievers fade and others rise from relative obscurity to pitch lights-out in the late innings.

With those caveats in mind, let's rank all 30 MLB teams' bullpens heading (hopefully) into the still-uncertain 2020 MLB season.

Elite closers matter, obviously, but we also considered depth. Is there a top-notch setup man or two ready to assume ninth-inning duties as needed? And how much coverage is there for the less glamorous but nonetheless essential middle innings?