This is only the opinion of one man, so take that for what it’s worth. A surprising spring from a minor leaguer, degradation of talent, or injury could change this.

(American League)

Baltimore Orioles
1 - Sidney Ponson
2 - Rodrigo Lopez
3 - Daniel Cabrera
4 - Erik Bedard
5 - Matt Riley
Closer – BJ Ryan

Boston Red Sox
1 - Curt Schilling
2 - David Wells
3 - Matt Clement
4 - Tim Wakefield
5 - Wade Miller
Closer - Keith Foulke

Chicago White Sox
1 - Mark Buehrle
2 - Freddy Garcia
3 - Jose Contreras
4 - Orlando Hernandez
5 - Jon Garland
Closer - Shingo Takatsu

Cleveland Indians
1 - C.C. Sabathia
2 - Jake Westbrook
3 - Kevin Millwood
4 - Cliff Lee
5 - Scott Elarton
Closer - Bob Wickman

Detroit Tigers
1 - Jason Johnson
2 - Jeremy Bonderman
3 - Mike Maroth
4 - Nate Robertson
5 - Wil Ledezma
Closer - Troy Percival

Kansas City Royals
1 - Zack Greinke
2 - Runelvys Hernandez
3 - Jose Lima
4 - Brian Anderson
5 - Jimmy Gobble
Closer - Jeremy Affeldt

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
1 - Bartolo Colon
2 - Jarrod Washburn
3 - Kelvim Escobar
4 - Paul Byrd
5 - John Lackey
Closer - Francisco Rodriguez

Minnesota Twins
1 - Johan Santana
2 - Brad Radke
3 - Carlos Silva
4 - Kyle Lohse
5 - Joe Mays
Closer - Joe Nathan

New York Yankees
1 - Randy Johnson
2 - Mike Mussina
3 - Carl Pavano
4 - Kevin Brown
5 - Jaret Wright
Closer - Mariano Rivera

Oakland Athletics
1 - Barry Zito
2 - Rich Harden
3 - Dan Meyer
4 - Joe Blanton
5 - Dan Haren
Closer - Octavio Dotel

Seattle Mariners
1 - Jamie Moyer
2 - Joel Pineiro
3 - Gil Meche
4 - Jorge Campillo
5 - Bobby Madritsch
Closer - Eddie Guardado

Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1 - Dewon Brazleton
2 - Scott Kazmir
3 - Rob Bell
4 - Mark Hendrickson
5 - Doug Waechter
Closer - Danys Baez

Texas Rangers
1 - Kenny Rogers
2 - Ryan Drese
3 - Chan Ho Park
4 - Joaquin Benoit
5 - Chris Young
Closer - Francisco Cordero

Toronto Blue Jays
1 - Roy Halladay
2 - Ted Lilly
3 - Miguel Batista
4 – Josh Towers
5 – Scott Schoeneweis
Closer - Justin Speier

National League

Arizona Diamondbacks
1 - Javier Vazquez
2 - Russ Ortiz
3 - Brandon Webb
4 - Shawn Estes
5 – Brandon Lyon
Closer - Greg Aquino

Atlanta Braves
1 - John Smoltz
2 - Tim Hudson
3 - Mike Hampton
4 - John Thomson
5 - Kyle Davies
Closer - Dan Kolb

Chicago Cubs
1 - Mark Prior
2 - Kerry Wood
3 - Greg Maddux
4 - Carlos Zambrano
5 - Glendon Rusch
Closer - Ryan Dempster

Cincinnati Reds
1 - Eric Milton
2 - Paul Wilson
3 - Ramon Ortiz
4 - Brandon Claussen
5- Aaron Harang
Closer - Danny Graves

Colorado Rockies
1 - Jason Jennings
2 - Joe Kennedy
3 - Jeff Francis
4 – Aaron Cook
5 - Shawn Chacon
Closer – Chin Hui Tsao

Florida Marlins
1 - Josh Beckett
2 - A.J. Burnett
3 - Al Leiter
4 - Dontrelle Willis
5 - Ismael Valdez
Closer - Guillermo Mota

Houston Astros
1 - Roger Clemens
2 - Roy Oswalt
3 - Andy Pettitte
4 - Brandon Backe
5 – Tim Redding
Closer - Brad Lidge

Los Angeles Dodgers
1 - Jeff Weaver
2 - Brad Penny
3 - Odalis Perez
4 - Derek Lowe
5 - Kazuhisa Ishii
Closer - Eric Gagne

Milwaukee Brewers
1 - Ben Sheets
2 - Jorge De La Rosa
3 - Ben Hendrickson
4 - Doug Davis
5 - Gary Glover
Closer - Mike Adams

New York Mets
1 - Pedro Martinez
2 - Tom Glavine
3 - Kris Benson
4 - Victor Zambrano
5 - Steve Trachsel
Closer - Braden Looper

Philadelphia Phillies
1 - Jon Lieber
2 - Randy Wolf
3 - Vicente Padilla
4 - Brett Myers
5 - Gavin Floyd
Closer - Billy Wagner

Pittsburgh Pirates
1 - Oliver Perez
2 - Kip Wells
3 - Josh Fogg
4 - Mark Redman
5 - Ryan Vogelsong
Closer - Jose Mesa

St. Louis Cardinals
1 - Mark Mulder
2 - Chris Carpenter
3 - Matt Morris
4 - Jason Marquis
5 - Jeff Suppan
Closer - Jason Isringhausen

San Diego Padres
1 - Jake Peavy
2 - Brian Lawrence
3 - Adam Eaton
4 - Woody Williams
5 - Justin Germano
Closer - Trevor Hoffman

San Francisco Giants
1 - Jason Schmidt
2 - Kirk Rueter
3 - Jerome Williams
4 - Brett Tomko
5 – Noah Lowry
Closer - Armando Benitez

Washington Nationals
1 - Livan Hernandez
2 - Tomo Ohka
3 - Zach Day
4 - Esteban Loaiza
5 - Tony Armas
Closer - Chad Cordero

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