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Welcome back! At RotoBaller HQ, we continue our rankings articles series and pump out fantasy baseball content daily. Today, our MLB team bring your our early 2025 fantasy baseball closer and relief pitcher rankings and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. Should you spend a high pick on a closer? Saves can be scarce and volatile at times, but the good news is that we saw 22 relief pitchers convert 20 or more saves.
Ryan Helsley led the majors with 49 saves, followed by Emmanuel Clase with 47. The biggest news for closers during the offseason was Devin Williams being acquired by the New York Yankees. Williams was named the team's closer after signing a one-year, $8.6 million contract with New York to avoid arbitration. In other news, the Cubs traded for Ryan Pressly this offseason, while the Dodgers signed closer Tanner Scott. Use our relief pitcher rankings below during your drafts and check out our MLB closers and saves depth charts, updated throughout the season.
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Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher News and Injuries
- Nationals Re-Sign Kyle Finnegan To One-Year Deal
- Kenley Jansen Agrees To Contract With Angels
- Scott Barlow Agrees With Reds On One-Year Deal
- Carlos Estevez Signing With Kansas City
- Dodgers Officially Sign Kirby Yates
- Ben Joyce Expected To Open Season In Closer Role
- Louie Varland Expected To Open Season In The Bullpen
- Ryan Pressly Traded To The Cubs After Waiving No-Trade Clause
- Nick Anderson Has Several Suitors
- James Karinchak Signs Minor-League Deal With The White Sox
- Adbert Alzolay Signs Minor-League Deal With The Mets
- Cubs, David Robertson Discussing Possible Extension
- Tigers Showing Interest In Carlos Estevez
- Tanner Scott Will Closing Duties
- Kyle Finnegan's Market Starting To Heat Up
- Michael Kopech's Forearm Injury Maybe Overblown
2025 Fantasy Baseball Closer and Relief Pitcher Rankings (January Update)
Rankings by Nick Mariano. They are for 5x5 category mixed roto leagues and will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard through Opening Day. Download our free mobile app with push notification alerts and stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis.
| Ranking | Tier | Player | Position |
| 1 | 1 | Emmanuel Clase | RP |
| 2 | 1 | Edwin Diaz | RP |
| 3 | 1 | Devin Williams | RP |
| 4 | 1 | Josh Hader | RP |
| 5 | 2 | Mason Miller | RP |
| 6 | 2 | Ryan Helsley | RP |
| 7 | 2 | Felix Bautista | RP |
| 8 | 2 | Raisel Iglesias | RP |
| 9 | 3 | Andres Munoz | RP |
| 10 | 3 | Jhoan Duran | RP |
| 11 | 4 | Ryan Walker | RP |
| 12 | 4 | Robert Suarez | RP |
| 13 | 4 | Trevor Megill | RP |
| 14 | 4 | Jeff Hoffman | RP |
| 15 | 4 | Kenley Jansen | RP |
| 16 | 5 | Tanner Scott | RP |
| 17 | 5 | Alexis Diaz | RP |
| 18 | 5 | Carlos Estevez | RP |
| 19 | 5 | Ryan Pressly | RP |
| 20 | 5 | Pete Fairbanks | RP |
| 21 | 5 | David Bednar | RP |
| 22 | 5 | Jordan Romano | RP |
| 23 | 5 | Bowden Francis | SP/RP |
| 24 | 6 | Kyle Finnegan | RP |
| 25 | 6 | Drew Rasmussen | SP/RP |
| 26 | 6 | Kirby Yates | RP |
| 27 | 6 | A.J. Puk | RP |
| 28 | 6 | Lucas Erceg | RP |
| 29 | 6 | Justin Martinez | RP |
| 30 | 6 | Chris Martin | RP |
| 31 | 6 | Liam Hendriks | RP |
| 32 | 6 | Griffin Jax | RP |
| 33 | 6 | Edwin Uceta | RP |
| 34 | 7 | Luke Weaver | RP |
| 35 | 7 | Clay Holmes | SP/RP |
| 36 | 7 | Orion Kerkering | RP |
| 37 | 7 | Aroldis Chapman | RP |
| 38 | 7 | Porter Hodge | RP |
| 39 | 7 | Blake Treinen | RP |
| 40 | 7 | Nick Martinez | SP/RP |
| 41 | 7 | Jose Soriano | RP |
| 42 | 7 | Jason Foley | RP |
| 43 | 7 | Grant Holmes | SP/RP |
| 44 | 7 | Jorge Lopez | RP |
| 45 | 7 | Calvin Faucher | RP |
| 46 | 7 | Bryan Abreu | RP |
| 47 | 7 | Cade Smith | RP |
| 48 | 8 | Jason Adam | RP |
| 49 | 8 | Michael Kopech | RP |
| 50 | 8 | Ben Brown | SP/RP |
| 51 | 8 | Ben Joyce | RP |
| 52 | 8 | Matt Strahm | RP |
| 53 | 8 | Camilo Doval | RP |
| 54 | 8 | Hayden Wesneski | SP/RP |
| 55 | 8 | Seth Halvorsen | RP |
| 56 | 8 | David Robertson | RP |
| 57 | 8 | Jeremiah Estrada | RP |
| 58 | 8 | Kevin Ginkel | RP |
| 59 | 8 | Tyler Holton | SP/RP |
| 60 | 8 | Robert Garcia | RP |
| 61 | 8 | Jesus Tinoco | RP |
| 62 | 8 | Prelander Berroa | RP |
| 63 | 8 | Justin Slaten | RP |
| 64 | 8 | Yimi Garcia | RP |
| 65 | 8 | Paul Sewald | RP |
| 66 | 9 | Evan Phillips | RP |
| 67 | 9 | Chad Green | RP |
| 68 | 9 | A.J. Minter | RP |
| 69 | 9 | Andrew Kittredge | RP |
| 70 | 9 | Tony Santillan | RP |
| 71 | 9 | Hunter Gaddis | RP |
| 72 | 9 | Joel Payamps | RP |
| 73 | 9 | Jose Leclerc | RP |
| 74 | 10 | Beau Brieske | RP |
| 75 | 10 | Brant Hurter | RP |
| 76 | 10 | Aaron Ashby | RP |
| 77 | 10 | Jordan Hicks | RP |
| 78 | 10 | Mason Montgomery | RP |
| 79 | 10 | Tommy Kahnle | RP |
| 80 | 10 | Derek Law | RP |
| 81 | 10 | Jose Butto | SP/RP |
| 82 | 10 | Jose A. Ferrer | RP |
| 83 | 10 | Andre Pallante | SP/RP |
| 84 | 10 | Jose Alvarado | RP |
| 85 | 10 | Will Vest | RP |
| 86 | 10 | Bryan Hudson | RP |
| 87 | 10 | Hunter Harvey | RP |
| 88 | 10 | Dylan Lee | RP |
| 89 | 10 | Keegan Akin | RP |
| 90 | 10 | Cole Sands | RP |
| 91 | 10 | Alex Vesia | RP |
| 92 | 10 | Pierce Johnson | RP |
| 93 | 10 | Tyler Kinley | RP |
| 94 | 10 | Kevin Kelly | RP |
| 95 | 10 | Manuel Rodriguez | RP |
| 96 | 10 | Osvaldo Bido | SP/RP |
| 97 | 11 | Craig Kimbrel | RP |
| 98 | 11 | Andrew Nardi | RP |
| 99 | 11 | Reed Garrett | RP |
| 100 | 11 | Jakob Junis | SP/RP |
| 101 | 11 | Gregory Santos | RP |
| 102 | 11 | Garrett Cleavinger | RP |
| 103 | 11 | Hector Neris | RP |
| 104 | 11 | Anthony Bender | RP |
| 105 | 11 | Seranthony Dominguez | RP |
| 106 | 11 | Fernando Cruz | RP |
| 107 | 11 | Matt Brash | RP |
| 108 | 11 | Brock Stewart | RP |
| 109 | 11 | Yennier Cano | RP |
| 110 | 11 | Steven Matz | SP/RP |
| 111 | 11 | DL Hall | SP/RP |
| 112 | 11 | Craig Yoho | RP |
| 113 | 11 | Ryan Zeferjahn | RP |
| 114 | 11 | Abner Uribe | RP |
| 115 | 11 | Jorge Alcala | RP |
| 116 | 11 | Erik Miller | RP |
| 117 | 12 | Michel Otanez | RP |
| 118 | 12 | Jacob Webb | RP |
| 119 | 12 | Aaron Bummer | RP |
| 120 | 12 | Erik Swanson | RP |
| 121 | 12 | Dedniel Nunez | RP |
| 122 | 12 | Yuki Matsui | RP |
| 123 | 12 | Dennis Santana | RP |
| 124 | 12 | Nate Pearson | RP |
| 125 | 12 | Adrian Morejon | RP |
| 126 | 12 | Tanner Banks | RP |
| 127 | 12 | Tyson Miller | RP |
| 128 | 12 | Jared Koenig | SP/RP |
| 129 | 12 | Adbert Alzolay | RP |
| 130 | 12 | Taylor Rogers | RP |
| 131 | 12 | Robert Stephenson | RP |
| 132 | 12 | James Karinchak | RP |
| 133 | 12 | Martin Perez | SP/RP |
| 134 | 12 | Mark Leiter Jr. | RP |
| 135 | 12 | Ian Hamilton | RP |
| 136 | 13 | Hunter Bigge | RP |
| 137 | 13 | Matthew Liberatore | SP/RP |
| 138 | 13 | Colin Poche | RP |
| 139 | 13 | Tim Herrin | RP |
| 140 | 13 | JoJo Romero | RP |
| 141 | 13 | Nick Sandlin | RP |
| 142 | 13 | Trent Thornton | RP |
| 143 | 13 | Danny Young | RP |
| 144 | 13 | Tyler Ferguson | RP |
| 145 | 13 | Ryan Brasier | RP |
| 146 | 13 | Justin Anderson | RP |
| 147 | 13 | Ryne Stanek | RP |
| 148 | 13 | Danny Coulombe | RP |
| 149 | 13 | Caleb Kilian | RP |
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