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Bullpen Chart

Below, you’ll find bullpen charts for each team. Bullpens are a messy business to track, but the purpose here is to highlight each team’s closer(s) and setup men. Middle and long relief pitchers will not be listed. You can more or less expect the chart to read left-to-right, top-to-bottom in order of importance, but again, it can be a fluid situation day-to-day and/or week-to-week. So, not only are we highlighting saves options, we’ve got you holds folks covered, too!

For stats/rankings/projections, see all the fun links below.

Please note: For injuries, only official IL placements are recorded.


Check out the Player Rater and filter by “RP” to see rankings!

Check out SeasonLast 7 Days, and Last 30 Days stats pages and filter by “RP” to see stats!

Subscribers: Check out the Relievonator for today/tomorrow projections and for all relief game logs from the last 14 days!


* denotes LHP 

AL West  
Closer Setup Setup Injured
Angels Carlos Estevez Robert Stephenson

*Matt Moore

Ben Joyce

Jose Soriano

Astros *Josh Hader Ryan Pressly Bryan Abreu
Athletics Dany Jimenez

Trevor Gott

Lucas Erceg

Mason Miller

Zach Jackson  

 

 

Mariners Andres Munoz Matt Brash *Gabe Speier Gregory Santos
Rangers Jose Leclerc Josh Sborz David Robertson

Kirby Yates

 

AL Central  
Closer Setup Setup Injured
Guardians Emmanuel Clase Scott Barlow *Sam Hentges Trevor Stephan
Royals *Will Smith James McArthur

John Schreiber

John McMillon

Carlos Hernandez

Nick Anderson

Tigers Alex Lange Jason Foley *Tyler Holton

Will Vest

Twins Griffin Jax

Brock Stewart

Justin Topa *Steven Okert Jhoan Duran

*Caleb Thielbar

White Sox John Brebbia

Michael Kopech

Steven Wilson

*Tim Hill

Jesse Chavez

Jordan Leasure

 

AL East  
Closer Setup Setup Injured
Blue Jays Jordan Romano Erik Swanson *Tim Mayza

Yimi Garcia 

 
Orioles Craig Kimbrel Yennier Cano *Danny Coulombe Felix Bautista
Rays Pete Fairbanks Jason Adam  

*Colin Poche

 

Red Sox Kenley Jansen Chris Martin Josh Winckowski
Yankees Clay Holmes Tommy Kahnle

Ian Hamilton

*Caleb Ferguson

Jonathan Loaisiga

 

NL West  
Closer Setup Setup Injured
Diamondbacks Paul Sewald Kevin Ginkel Scott McGough
Dodgers Evan Phillips Brusdar Graterol Joe Kelly

*Alex Vesia

Giants Camilo Doval Tyler Rogers *Taylor Rogers
Padres Robert Suarez *Yuki Matsui *Wandy Peralta

Woo Suk Go

Rockies Justin Lawrence

Tyler Kinley

Daniel Bard Jake Bird

 

NL Central  
Closer Setup Setup Injured
 

Brewers

 

Trevor Megill

Abner Uribe

Joel Payamps

*Hoby Milner Taylor Clarke
Cardinals Ryan Helsley Giovanny Gallegos *JoJo Romero

Andrew Kittredge

 

Cubs

 

Adbert Alzolay Hector Neris Julian Merryweather

Mark Leiter Jr.

 

Pirates

 

David Bednar *Aroldis Chapman Colin Holderman
 

Reds

 

Alexis Diaz Lucas Sims Emilio Pagan

Ian Gibaut

 

NL East  
Closer Setup Setup Injured
Braves Raisel Iglesias *A.J. Minter  

Reynaldo Lopez

 

Marlins  

*Tanner Scott

 

*Andrew Nardi J.T. Chargois

Anthony Bender

Mets Edwin Diaz *Brooks Raley Drew Smith

Adam Ottavino

Nationals Kyle Finnegan Hunter Harvey Tanner Rainey
Phillies *Jose Alvarado Jeff Hoffman

*Gregory Soto

Seranthony Dominguez

 

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Big Al
Big Al
1 month ago

Good rankings. A few notes. Harvey is better than Finnigan and should overtake him. Kenley Jansen may well be traded and the favourites are the Dodgers or Royals. So be careful on Evan Phillips. Of course Phillips can do the job just as well so why the Dodgers would replace him is questionable. San Diego is a real crap shoot that may start with Suarez but Yuki Matsui will take over quickly if Suarez falters. Go has closer experience and might be considered. Finally Alvarado is an excellent pitcher and should be able to keep the job….except….Philly’s bullpen has 4 to even 5 guys that can close. I would still go Alvarez.

pinkman
1 month ago

Hi JKJ! Nice work. One bit of feedback, Yuki Matsui is a lefty too!

Turn Two
Turn Two
1 month ago

NL only 5×5 keeper.. I have both Finnegan at $5 and Harvey at $8- it would be crazy to keep both.. but is it gonna end up being Harvey’s job? Who do I keep, or is it neither and see what I can get in a trade?

Big Al
Big Al
Reply to  JKJ
1 month ago

umm Not too sure about that. Harvey is clearly the better pitcher so I would bet on him overtaking Finnigan. But at $5 and $8 I would not protect either. Sounds funny but you can get them even cheaper.

Snacks
Snacks
1 month ago

With Robertson going to the Rangers is he the guy? How many saves do you see?

Snacks
Snacks
Reply to  JKJ
1 month ago

Cool, thanks

RoarOf84
RoarOf84
1 month ago

Hader or DWill as the better keeper option?

Joseph777
Joseph777
11 months ago

I’m waiting for the Holds Chart Thread. Do you know when is it gonna be up? Thanks in advance. :)

packers2018
packers2018
1 year ago

Thank you for doing this chart.
I’m thinking of joining a 12 team saves/holds league for the first time. Can you give me your thoughts on when to draft a relief pitcher? It seems that closers won’t go as early in drafts with each MLB team having a “holds” guy as well. The league rules are 9 pitchers active for each week so would it be 6 SP’s and 3 RP’s or 7&2? I could be totally wrong on my thinking, please pass along the strategy of drafting a pitching staff. Thanks again.

packers2018
packers2018
Reply to  JKJ
1 year ago

Pack is fine…..lol

It’s a roto league, 12 teams, save/holds is one category.

So you are saying the draft strategy would be to get an established closer then I can wait for further closers and hold guys?

It’s a pretty hefty entry fee so I want to enter but have never played SVHD cat before. There is FAAB so there is always that too.

I draft bats first as you said so that doesn’t change.

packers2018
packers2018
Reply to  JKJ
1 year ago

Great, thank you. I think I’ll give it a shot.
The baseball season is such a grind and you can tell when some fantasy players in the league take a week off or more. Gives us guys who stick it out a better chance for key pick ups on the wire.

Eric
Eric
1 year ago

Thanks JKJ!

Will look do Deal Bautista.

Eric
Eric
1 year ago

Have Helsley(10) and Bautista(10) and Bednar(4) I know keeping closers is not usually wise. Would you keep Severino(10) or Luis Garcia (5) or Pablo Lopez(6)
or Gleyber(10) over any of these closers?

Eric
Eric
Reply to  Eric
1 year ago

Standard 5×5 $260
9 keepers

everywhereblair
Reply to  JKJ
1 year ago

I would keep a wild raccoon in my bathroom over keeping a closer.

Grey
Admin
Reply to  everywhereblair
1 year ago

Haha