AL Reliever of the Year

1) 49 Points-Koji Uehara - - - -(8, 3, 0 / 11 ballots)

2) 41 Points-Cla Meredith - - - (3, 8, 2 / 13 ballots)

3) 20 Points-Mariano Rivera - - (2, 1, 7 / 10 ballots)

4)  6 Points-Craig Kimbrel - - -(1, 0, 1 / 2 ballots)

5)  4 Points-Mike Myers - - - - (0, 1, 1 / 2 ballots)

6)  3 Points-Jonathan Papelbon -(0, 1, 0 / 1 ballots)

7)  2 Points-Kenley Jansen - - -(0, 0, 2 / 2 ballots)

8)  1 Points-Tim Burke - - - - -(0, 0, 1 / 1 ballots)

The "Mechanics" Koji Uehera comfortably wins the AL Reliever of the Year award thanks to a stellar 1.54 ERA, 36 Saves, and small blown save percentage.

Koji's main competition came from the Red Eagles Cla Meredith, a reliever who didn't maintain as good rate stats, but pitched almost twice as many innings to the tune of a 2.05 ERA.  Meredith was on more ballots overall, but Uehera captured 8 of the 14 1st place votes, while Meridith secured just 3