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
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S2
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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
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AL CENTRAL
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CL
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S1
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S2
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Notes
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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
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AL WEST
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CL
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S1
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S2
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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
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NL EAST
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CL
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S1
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S2
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Notes
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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
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NL CENTRAL
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CL
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S1
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S2
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Notes
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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
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NL WEST
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CL
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S1
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S2
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Notes
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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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