Best Relief Pitchers
Ranked by OpScore at Hall of Fame difficulty · updating
How the relief pitchers ranking is built
This list ranks relief pitchers by OpScore, not by in-game Overall. Overall is a single number that never changes with the difficulty you play on; OpScore re-weights what actually wins games and recomputes it per difficulty, so the best card on All-Star is often not the best on Legend.
For relief pitchers the weighting leans on arsenal quality — one dominant out-pitch beats a balanced arsenal in short outings, which is why RP ranks read differently. That is why a card with a lower Overall and one genuinely unhittable pitch can outrank a balanced arm the market prices far higher.
Cards eligible at relief pitcher through a secondary position are included, because when you are filling this slot the best available option is often a card listed elsewhere. Every row links to that card’s full page — live price, OpScore breakdown, quirks, and price history.
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