The positional power rankings continue. If you’ve come across the 16th- through 30th-ranked bullpens by accident or are otherwise unfamiliar with these power rankings, feel free to read Dave Cameron’s introduction. If you’re interested in any other positional rankings, use the links above this paragraph. For the start of the relief-pitcher portion, read on.

The graph below contains half the major-league teams. If you don’t see your favorite team below, congratulations: you cheer for a club that ranks in the top half of baseball when it comes to relievers. Those teams will be covered in short order, and if there’s a link at the beginning of this post to them, that means they’ve already been published.

While this post covers the bottom half of the rankings, the first few teams included here are extremely close to the teams just ahead of them, and there are a few bullpens whose projections potentially underrate them. Add in some reliever volatility and random fluctuation, and we could see a number of these clubs among the league’s top 10 at the end of the year.

A note: while you won’t find Andrew Miller’s club here, you’ll find his name invoked with some frequency. There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about deploying elite relievers in non-traditional but high-leverage situations. Cleveland’s use of Andrew Miller in last year’s postseason is about the purest expression of this concept in some time. While that sort of usage isn’t sustainable over the course of a full regular season, there are times when it represents the best option for a team.

To that end, I’ve provided a rating (out of 10) of every team’s capacity to use a reliever in these non-traditional situation. I refer to this as the Andrew Miller Situation Scale. The ratings are subjective and somewhat arbitrary, but tend to be higher for clubs whose best reliever isn’t also their closer. Secondary considerations include the club’s motivations for using the strategy (if it’s financially motivated, for example) as well as the actual quality of both the “elite” reliever and closer. Basically, the higher the number, the more the situation resembles an Andrew Miller situation.

19. Giants Name IP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 BABIP LOB% ERA FIP WAR Mark Melancon 65.0 8.7 2.0 0.6 .303 78.1 % 2.64 2.92 1.3 Hunter Strickland 65.0 9.4 2.5 0.8 .303 76.6 % 3.05 3.18 1.0 Derek Law 55.0 8.7 3.0 0.8 .308 74.7 % 3.41 3.47 0.5 George Kontos 55.0 6.8 2.8 0.9 .299 73.5 % 3.73 3.98 0.1 Cory Gearrin 45.0 8.7 3.1 0.9 .307 74.5 % 3.51 3.62 0.2 Josh Osich 40.0 8.3 4.2 0.8 .305 73.2 % 3.83 4.02 0.0 Steven Okert 35.0 9.5 3.3 0.9 .310 76.0 % 3.34 3.52 0.1 Ty Blach 30.0 6.0 2.4 0.9 .306 71.0 % 4.05 4.08 0.0 Chris Stratton 25.0 7.3 3.5 1.0 .308 71.5 % 4.19 4.19 0.0 Albert Suarez 20.0 6.4 2.8 1.0 .305 71.3 % 4.17 4.26 0.0 The Others 12.0 8.3 4.2 1.3 .324 69.1 % 5.10 4.74 0.0 Total 447.0 8.2 2.9 0.9 .305 74.4 % 3.49 3.63 3.1 No. 19 isn’t a great spot to be for a team that expects to contend and just spent $62 million on a closer. Last season, the Giants produced 2.1 WAR total from the bullpen and recorded an MLB-leading 30 blown saves. Their mark of 92 meltdowns was better than only the Marlins and Diamondbacks. By adding Mark Melancon and benefiting from a full season from Will Smith, the Giants appeared set to improve considerably. That plan has hasn’t quite worked out, as Smith will miss the season due to Tommy John surgery. Over the last four years, the only relievers with a higher WAR than Melancon’s 7.9 mark are Aroldis Chapman, Kenley Jansen, and Dellin Betances. Melancon should provide a calming presence at the end of games that club was lacking in 2016. After Melancon — or before, as is the case here — is Hunter Strickland, who was good last season, recording a 3.10 ERA and 3.16 FIP. Those numbers weren’t quite as good as his 2015 marks, with the strikeouts and walks each moving a couple percentage points in the wrong direction, but when the increase in offense is factored in, his overall numbers were pretty equivalent. If he could get back to his 2015 numbers and offensive numbers stay up in 2017, he could be the best reliever on the team. Derek Law was the best reliever on the Giants last season, with a 2.13 ERA and 2.53 FIP in his debut season. The 26-year-old righty gave up only nine walks in 55 innings last season, but his projections expect him to double that this season. Even if he does walk some more batters, he should still be a solid option late in the game along with Strickland and Melancon. Cory Gearrin’s FIP was about a run better than his ERA, and he should provide some halfway decent innings. George Kontos’s 2.53 ERA is unlikely to repeat itself given his less-than-stellar walk and strikeout numbers. Lefty Steven Okert has put up really good strikeout numbers throughout his career and, worst case, should be a decent LOOGY. The Giants’ bullpen saw its floor last year, but this year, it should be a bit higher. Andrew Miller Situation Scale: 5

A step forward from Strickland?