{"playerId":194,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":"Undrafted","percentOwned":100,"playerRaterSEASON":7.5,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Rivera (neck) has hinted that 2012 could be his final season, the Associated Press reports. \"My kids want me home,\" Rivera said Monday. \"They were ready for me to stay home. I had to tell them, I have a job to do. I have obligations ... I have my church, my family,\" Rivera said Monday. \"I've been blessed in amazing ways. I've have a great career, but at the same time, there's other things to do.\"","spin":"Rivera is 42, and great as he's been in the later stages of his career, if you think the derrick is going to yield fine oil forever, you're simply refusing to acknowledge his career is coming to a close soon, possibly after this season or next. As for this year, any news but an injury won't really affect his current high ranking among relievers.","date":"Tue Feb 21"},"fullName":"Mariano Rivera","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Mariano Rivera is ageless. He's a one-pitch pitcher and he's 42 years old, a time when most all-time greats have already retired, and that one pitch looks every bit as sharp at his advanced age as it did when he was 27. If there's any difference between the Mariano of today and the one in his prime, it's the way the Yankees use him; he's now probably capped at 60-inning regular seasons, partly because the team wants to keep him fresh for the playoffs and partly because he's not quite as physically equipped to pitch on consecutive days or for multiple innings as he once was. Opposing hitters have .200/.234/.288 numbers against Rivera's cutter the past three seasons combined, and he has thrown the pitch 82.0 percent of the time. He also has the most job security of any closer in baseball. Care to doubt this \"old man\"?","seasonId":2012,"date":"Fri Feb 10"},"positionRank":4}