Closer Depth Chart

Last updated: June 5, 2017

ST = “Stability” : 1 = Committee or imminent change;   2 = Closer currently safe, but some questions;   3 = Stable

Left-handed pitchers indicated in italics

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American League Closer Depth Charts

ST	AL EAST	CL	S1	S2	Notes
3	Baltimore	Brad Brach	Darren O’Day	Mychal Givens	The Orioles are in a bit of a funk leading to no save attempts for Britton in Week 16.
3	Boston	Craig Kimbrel	Matt Barnes	Heath Hembree	Kimbrel is back, which pushes Ziegler back to the setup role.
3	New York	Dellin Betances	Tyler Clippard	Adam Warren	First Chapman, then Miller – everyone welcome Betances as the Yanks’ third closer in the last week.
3	Tampa Bay	Alex Colome	Danny Farquhar	Ryne Stanek	Colome’s saves will come few and far between as the Rays continue their descent into the basement.
3	Toronto	Roberto Osuna	Joe Smith	Ryan Tepera	Osuna collected another two saves in Week 16 for the surging Jays.
ST	AL CENTRAL	CL	S1	S2	Notes
2	Chicago	David Robertson	Tommy Kahnle	Anthony Swarzak	The White Sox have all but threw in the towel on their 2016 season, which will lead to less saves for Robertson to blow.
3	Cleveland	Cody Allen	Andrew Miller	Brian Shaw	The Indians are all-in this year and have decided to put Allen in the rear-view mirror and traded for Miller from the Yanks.
3	Detroit	Justin Wilson	Alex Wilson	Shane Greene	K-Rod collected two more saves in Week 1. for the suddenly hot Tigers
2	Kansas City	Kelvin Herrera	Joakim Soria	Matt Strahm	Wade Davis is back on the DL which gives Herrera another shot at saves.
2	Minnesota	Brandon Kintzler	Taylor Rogers	Matt Belisle	The Twinkies went cold in Week 16 which lead to no saves for Kintzler.
ST	AL WEST	CL	S1	S2	Notes
2	Houston	Ken Giles	Will Harris	Chris Devenski	Harris has been stumbling as of late; changes may be coming.
3	Los Angeles	Bud Norris	Blake Parker	David Hernandez	The Angels are bad.
2	Oakland	Santiago Casilla	Ryan Madson	Liam Hendriks	The A’s are bad too.
2	Seattle	Edwin Diaz	Nick Vincent	Tony Zych	Cishek’s days as closer may finally be coming to an end after he blew yet another save August 1st.
2	Texas	Matt Bush	Keone Kela	Jose Leclrec	Dyson has some stiff competition for closer now that Jeffress is in town.

 

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National League Closer Depth Charts

ST	NL EAST	CL	S1	S2	Notes
2	Atlanta	Jim Johnson	Aroyds Vizcaino	Jose Ramirez	Jim Johnson is now the guy to own for one of the worst teams in baseball.
3	Miami	A.J. Ramos	Brad Ziegler	Brad Barraclough	Ramos will continue to be the guy that gets handed the ball in the ninth for the surprisingly good Marlins.
3	New York	Addison Reed	Fernando Salas	Paul Sewald	Familia has been very shaky as of late, and as the Mets continue to strive for a playoff spot, his leash may be shortening.
3	Philadelphia	Hector Neris	Pat Neshek	Edubray Ramos	Gomez didn’t get traded at the deadline like many speculated. Continue to roll with him as long as he’s closing games in Philly.
3	Washington	Koda Glover	Shawn Kelley	Matt Albers	The Nats said bye to Paps and his struggling 2016 ways and scooped up Melancon who has been solid as a rock in 2016.
ST	NL CENTRAL	CL	S1	S2	Notes
3	Chicago	Wade Davis	Carl Edwards Jr.	Koji Uehara	The Cubs got even better by acquiring Aroldis Chapman who will now look to lock down the Cubbies’ close games.
2	Cincinnati	Raisel Iglesias	Drew Storen	Michael Lorenzen	Cingrani seems to be favored over Iglesias for now.
2	Milwaukee	Corey Knebel	Jacob Barnes	Carlos Torress	Thornburg is now the man to own in Milwaukee with Jeffress and Smith traded at the deadline.
3	Pittsburgh	Tony Watson	Felipe Rivero	Daniel Hudson	Watson will finally get his shot at closing game for the Buccos with Melancon out of town. Look for Feliz to take over if Watson can’t handle the ninth.
3	St. Louis	Seung Hwan Oh	Trevor Rosenthal	Kevin Siegrest	Oh is the man to own for the Redbirds from here on out.
ST	NL WEST	CL	S1	S2	Notes
2	Arizona	Fernando Rodney	Archie Bradley	Jorge De La Rosa	Barrett takes over the ninth with the D-backs trading away temporary closer Clippard to the Bronx.
2	Colorado	Greg Holland	Jake McGee	Mike Dunn	Estevez is getting the saves for the Rox, but be prepared, he continuously gets rocked from time to time.
3	Los Angeles	Kenley Jansen	Pedro Baez	Josh Fields	Jansen continues to kill it for the surging Dodgers.
2	San Diego	Brandon Maurer	Brad Hand	Ryan Buchter	Maurer has been solid since taking over the ninth for the Friars.
2	San Francisco	Mark Melancon	Hunter Strickland	Derek Law	Casilla continues to get the job done in the ninth for the red-hot first place NL West Giants.

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