Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Rankings – 9/17/24 Depth Chart

Welcome back to the latest edition of our Reliever Ranks series! This will bring you up-to-date bullpen depth charts every morning for the day’s games and makes for an excellent tool for those looking to stream saves or wins. This series runs seven days a week, so check in every morning to get your daily bullpen fix!

 

Notes

 

Transactions and Schedule

 

• The Rays activated veteran lefty Colin Poche from the 15-day injured list and optioned Cole Sulser to Triple-A, and the only other transaction of note was the Diamondbacks recalling former closer Scott McGough from the Reno Aces.
• The Twins have bolstered their pitching options by claiming Cole Irvin off waivers from the Orioles – the veteran lefty could act as both bulk reliever or spot starter down the stretch.

 

MIN 3 – CLE 4

L: Griffin Jax (4-5)

W: Andrew Walters (1-0)

SV: Emmanuel Clase (46)

• The chase for a 50-save season is on for the best closer in baseball in 2024, Emmanuel Clase. He was superb in this outing, striking out Carlos Correa and Royce Lewis in a perfect ninth frame. His ERA is a remarkable 0.65 and he’s up to 63 strikeouts on the year.
• Griffin Jax took his fifth loss of the season after coming back out for the eighth inning after getting his starter out of trouble in the seventh. It was an inning too far with rookie Kyle Manzardo blasting a two-run homer to give the Guardians the lead.

 

DET 7 – KCR 6

HD: Will Vest (6), Beau Brieske (12)

SV: Jason Foley (24)

• In what has been a committee approach to the ninth inning by manager A.J. Hinch this season, it was a statement to bring Jason Foley out for back-to-back save opportunities on consecutive days. Foley seems the preferred option at the minute with the Tigers season on the line and he struck out one in another solid performance.

 

HOU 1 – SDP 3

HD: Jason Adam (27), Tanner Scott (9)

SV: Robert Suarez (33)

• Bouncing back after giving up a game-tying home run Sunday against the Giants, Padres closer Robert Suarez needed just eight pitches to pitch a clean ninth frame to pick up his 33rd save of the campaign. He commands an elite 54:14 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 2024.

 

WSN 1 – NYM 2 (F/10)

W: Reed Garrett (8-5)

L: Jacob Barnes (8-3)

• After closer Edwin Diaz pitched a perfect ninth inning, Reed Garrett was first out of the bullpen and duly obliged with a clean tenth frame to pick up his eighth win of the year. Another impressive performance from José Buttó saw him strike out all three batters he faced in a setup role.

 

ARI 2 – COL 3

W: Seth Halvorsen (2-0)

L: Ryan Thompson (7-5)

• A rough stretch for Ryan Thompson continued as the Diamondbacks reliever immediately got in trouble by allowing a Brenton Doyle hit and intentionally walking Ryan McMahon in a tied ball game in the bottom of the ninth. Despite inducing a double-play ground ball, Geraldo Perdomo threw the ball past the first baseman to allow Doyle to round third and score the winning run. Disaster!

 

The best of the rest…

• Colin Rea picked up his first save of the season after pitching two and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief in the Brewers’ 6-3 win over the division-chasing Phillies.
• The Dodgers trounced Atlanta 9-0 with former closer Evan Phillips picking up the win after the returning Yoshinobu Yamamoto going just four frames.
• The Cubs tagged A’s starter Joey Estes for six runs on nine hits as he was removed from the game in the second inning. Hogan Harris and Brandon Bielak each threw multiple innings to get the A’s through.
• Andrew Kittredge backed up his former bullpen buddy Andre Pallante, who went seven scoreless in the Cardinals’ comfortable 4-0 drubbing of the Pirates.
• The White Sox overcame the Angels 8-4 in the series not one baseball fan wants to hear about!

 

Bullpen Depth Charts

AL EAST
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Orioles	Seranthony Domínguez		Yennier Cano		Cionel Pérez, Craig Kimbrel, Gregory Soto	Félix Bautista, Danny Coulombe, Jacob Webb
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	19	38	9	19	Keegan Akin
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Red Sox	Kenley Jansen		Chris Martin		Zack Kelly, Justin Slaten, Brennan Bernardino	Lucas Sims, Liam Hendriks, Luis Garcia
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	11	25	37	62	Josh Winckowski
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Yankees	Clay Holmes		Luke Weaver		Tommy Kahnle, Mark Leiter Jr., Jake Cousins
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Committee	13	37	12	28	Ian Hamilton	Will Warren, Cody Morris
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Rays	Edwin Uceta		Manuel Rodríguez		Garrett Cleavinger, Kevin Kelly, Colin Poche	Pete Fairbanks
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Committee	22	22	25	48	Drew Rasmussen	Colby White
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Blue Jays	Chad Green		Génesis Cabrera		Zach Pop, Brendon Little, Erik Swanson	Jordan Romano
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Shaky	18	51	91	NR	Ryan Yarbrough	T.J. Brock, Connor Cooke
AL CENTRAL
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
White Sox	Gus Varland		Justin Anderson		Jared Shuster, Enyel De Los Santos, Chad Kuhl	Jordan Leasure, Michael Soroka, Steven Wilson, Dominic Leone
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Committee	30	NR	NR	NR	Prelander Berroa	Eric Adler
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Guardians	Emmanuel Clase		Cade Smith		Hunter Gaddis, Tim Herrin, Nick Sandlin	James Karinchak, Sam Hentges
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	1	1	10	20	Pedro Avila	Franco Aleman
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Tigers	Jason Foley		Tyler Holton		Will Vest, Beau Brieske, Shelby Miller	Alex Faedo
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Committee	28	55	19	42	Kenta Maeda	Alex Lange
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Royals	Lucas Erceg		James McArthur		Chris Stratton, Sam Long, John Schreiber	Josh Taylor, Hunter Harvey
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	17	24	39	65	Kris Bubic	Angel Zerpa
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Twins	Jhoan Duran		Griffin Jax		Caleb Thielbar, Jorge Alcala, Cole Sands	Justin Topa, Brock Stewart
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	8	8	3	13	Michael Tonkin
AL WEST
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Astros	Josh Hader		Bryan Abreu		Tayler Scott, Héctor Neris, Ryan Pressly	Kendall Graveman, Bennett Sousa,
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	2	2	7	17	Kaleb Ort	Forrest Whitley, Dylan Coleman
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Angels	Brock Burke		José Quijada		Matt Moore, Hunter Strickland, Hans Crouse	Robert Stephenson, José Cisnero, Ben Joyce
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	15	40	76	NR	Roansy Contreras	Kelvin Caceres
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Athletics	Mason Miller		Tyler Ferguson		T.J. McFarland, Grant Holman, Scott Alexander	Austin Adams
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	16	31	55	83	Michel Otanez	Royber Salinas
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Mariners	Andrés Muñoz		Collin Snider		Tayler Saucedo, Austin Voth, Troy Taylor	Matt Brash, Gregory Santos, Yimi García
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	9	9	77	NR	Trent Thornton	Carlos Vargas
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Rangers	Kirby Yates		David Robertson		José Leclerc, Andrew Chafin, Walter Pennington	Josh Sborz
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	5	5	21	44	Jose Ureña	Marc Church, Emiliano Teodo
NL EAST
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Braves	Raisel Iglesias		Joe Jiménez		Pierce Johnson, Dylan Lee, Aaron Bummer	A.J. Minter
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	4	4	8	18	Jesse Chavez	Daysbel Hernández
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Marlins	John McMillon		Jesus Tinoco		Declan Cronin, Mike Baumann, Anthony Bender	Andrew Nardi, Calvin Faucher
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Committee	27	67	86	NR	Xzavion Curry	Luarbert Arias, Anthony Maldonado
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Mets	Edwin Díaz		Phil Maton		Adam Ottavino, Reed Garrett, Danny Young	Brooks Raley, Drew Smith, Dedniel Núñez
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	6	6	22	45	José Buttó	Bryce Montes de Oca
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Phillies	Carlos Estévez		Jeff Hoffman		Orion Kerkering, Matt Strahm, José Alvarado
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Committee	14	41	5	15	Taijuan Walker	Griff McGarry
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Nationals	Kyle Finnegan		Derek Law		Jacob Barnes, Robert Garcia, Jose A. Ferrer
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	26	68	99	NR	Zach Brzykcy
NL CENTRAL
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Cubs	Porter Hodge		Nate Pearson		Drew Smyly, Keegan Thompson, Tyson Miller	Adbert Alzolay, Luke Little, Julian Merryweather
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Committee	23	23	48	76	Shawn Armstrong
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Reds	Alexis Díaz		Tony Santillan		Justin Wilson, Emilio Pagán, Fernando Cruz	Ian Gibaut, Sam Moll
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	25	69	35	60	Brent Suter	Zach Maxwell
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Brewers	Devin Williams		Trevor Megill		Jared Koenig, Joel Payamps, Elvis Peguero	J.B. Bukauskas, Enoli Paredes, Nick Mears, Bryse Wilson
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	3	2	11	27	DL Hall	Harold Chirino, Abner Uribe, Elvis Peguero, Craig Yoho, Bryan Hudson
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Pirates	Aroldis Chapman		David Bednar		Jalen Beeks, Dennis Santana, Colin Holderman	Hunter Stratton, Ben Heller
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Shaky	24	34	42	70	Ryan Borucki	Ryder Ryan
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Cardinals	Ryan Helsley		Andrew Kittredge		Ryan Fernandez, John King, JoJo Romero	Keynan Middleton
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	10	10	29	53	Matthew Liberatore
NL WEST
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Diamondbacks	Justin Martinez		A.J. Puk		Ryan Thompson, Kevin Ginkel, Joe Mantiply	Kyle Nelson, Bryce Jarvis, Paul Sewald
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	21	35	1	11	Yilber Diaz
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Rockies	Tyler Kinley		Victor Vodnik		Justin Lawrence, Jake Bird, Angel Chivilli	Daniel Bard
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Committee	29	NR	NR	NR	Anthony Molina	Gavin Hollowell, Jaden Hill, Jake Bird
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Dodgers	Michael Kopech		Evan Phillips		Alex Vesia, Blake Treinen, Daniel Hudson	Ryan Brasier, Brusdar Graterol
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Committee	20	21	4	14	Anthony Banda
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Padres	Robert Suarez		Tanner Scott		Adrian Morejon, Jeremiah Estrada, Jason Adam	Wandy Peralta
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	12	26	2	12	Bryan Hoeing
Team	Primary Closer		Next in Line		Holds Leagues Options	Injured List
Giants	Ryan Walker		Camilo Doval		Taylor Rogers, Erik Miller, Tyler Rogers	Randy Rodríguez, Jordan Hicks
Closer Status	SV Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Hold Rank	SV+HLD Rank	Bulk RP (wins)	Minor Leagues
Steady	7	7	30	54	Sean Hjelle	Reggie Crawford

 

Green = long/bulk reliever expected to pitch after the starter

Yellow = reliever pitched the previous day or twice in three days

Orange = reliever pitched an excessive amount the previous day, and potentially off

Red = reliever has pitched back-to-back days and likely is off