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Originally Posted by suzzer99
Are relievers not worth much? How many relievers went ahead of him?
Papelbon, Nathan, Rivera, and K-Rod went before him.
The thinking was that since bullpens are so volatile, and since there are so many meh closers who might get 30 saves (qualls, francisco, hanrahan, etc), then you shouldn't invest too many quality draft picks in saves.
But I wanted to have one awesome one, and I'm glad he fell to me there!