Updated 2010 Closer Rankings – Coffee Is For Closers

This is it gentlemen (and ladies). It's put up or shut up time. Which closer are you gonna take this season? I can never think of Closers without recalling that irreverent scene in the film, Glengarry Glenn Ross. Perhaps Alec Baldwin's finest acting moment. "Coffee is for closers!" What does it have to do with fantasy baseball? Not a thing. Because in that movie, Closers are everything, while in fantasy baseball, they are next to nothing, yet you gotta have a couple.

A. Always

B. Be

C. Closing

So what does that mean for us? Since my initial pre-season closer rankings, things have changed around the league in the course of one short month. Joe Nathan, you're fired. Kerry Wood, you suck. Huston Street, put that rosin bag down, rosin is for Closers! Brad Lidge, Andrew Bailey, and Bobby Jenks, all hurting...no coffee for you!

No matter who you grab come draft day, you will spend the entire season "Closing." All season long there will be injuries, and a closer carousel around baseball. New faces, new names, sleepers and surprises; so good managers, even those with a Jonathan Broxton or Mariano Rivera will be keeping tabs on the guys who start to emerge out of nowhere this season who will be next year's Andrew Bailey.

There is still a battle in Houston between Lyon and Lidstrom, as well as Toronto between Gregg and Frasor. Keep an eye on them this last week before the games count.

So as we get down to the last week of fantasy drafts let's look at the current value of the most volatile position in fantasy baseball.

Key:

JS = Job Security –  Good, Fair, Poor

In Bold = Guys I’m high on in 2010

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Here's a look at our Closer Breakouts, Busts and Sleepers.

For those interested in the infamous Coffee is For Closers scene, you can find it here.