and Kansas City Royals: Robinson Tejeda, Ron Mahay, Juan Cruz, Kyle Farnsworth, and Joakim Soria.
If you've been keeping up with my posts -- and if you have, I'm thankful but shocked -- then you know that this is the first tie to appear in the rankings. The reason for the tie is when I initially rated the bullpens it seemed that Justin Masterson would be one of the key cogs for Boston, but now there is speculation that he may (at the very least) begin the season as a starter in lieu of complications with both Brad Penny and John Smoltz.
