Key Stats: The thought crossed my mind to just be lazy and copy and paste what I wrote last year about Mariano Rivera. Or the year before. There was no Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove the year before that, but if there was I probably would have said what I'm going to say now about Rivera. It's not a stretch to call him the best and the most consistent closer of all-time. What this guy has done in three seasons after age 38 is astonishing. He has a 1.64 ERA in almost 200 innings and has saved an average of 39 games per season.
Skeptics Say: Rivera only throws one pitch, so it's possible that hitters will begin to sit on his cut fastball and start raking against Rivera. Or not.
In all seriousness, Rivera did show a touch of aging last season. He had only 45 strikeouts and 60 innings pitched - both numbers were the second worst totals of his career.
Projection: Rivera allowed more fly balls last season than he did in 2009, but had one of his best seasons in terms of home runs allowed. Look for a little stat correction as far as that is concerned, but I don't think age catches up to him.
40 saves 4 wins 2.15 ERA 0.92 WHIP 59 K in 62 innings