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At RotoBaller HQ, we continue churning out fantasy baseball content for points leagues and are back with our 2025 fantasy baseball relief pitcher rankings and tiers for points leagues. Closers are not as valuable in points leagues compared to roto leagues, as there are various ways for relievers to accrue points instead of locking down the coveted save category. Starters with RP eligibility, such as Clay Holmes, can be more valuable than a traditional closer or reliever as they can rack up more points in a starting relief spot.
Holmes was named the Mets Opening Day starter after posting a 1.29 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, and 15 strikeouts over 14 spring innings in 2025. He would be pushed up in fantasy drafts and is currently 16th among all relievers in our latest RP point leagues rankings. With only two relievers (Edwin Diaz and Emmanuel Clase) ranked in the top 100, fantasy managers can wait to draft a reliever later in drafts. Some other notable starters with relief pitcher eligibility that can be a value in the later rounds include Bowden Francis, Nick Martinez, Drew Rasmussen, and Grant Holmes.
The RP rankings below are specifically designed for points leagues, put together by RotoBaller's MLB points expert Nicklaus Gaut. We also have many other fantasy baseball rankings, tools, and resources to help you win in 2025, including our constantly-updated fantasy baseball points rankings for all positions. Be sure to also download our free fantasy baseball mobile app so you can stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis articles.
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Relief Pitcher Fantasy Baseball News and Injuries
- Jorge Lopez To Throw On Friday
- Felix Bautista Not A Lock To Be Ready For Opening Day
- Graham Ashcraft Will Start Campaign In Relief Role
- Craig Kimbrel Signs With The Braves
- Aroldis Chapman Appears To Be In-House Favorite For Saves
- Ben Brown Stikes Out Five In Loss
- Tanner Scott Earns First Save On Tuesday
- Alexis Diaz To Pitch Minor League Game On Tuesday
- David Bednar Not Officially Named Closer
- Brock Stewart Exis With Knee Injury
- Evan Sisk Optioned To Triple-A
- Bryan Shaw Optioned To Triple-A
- Brooks Raley Drawing Interest On The Market
- Carlos Estevez Feels Great After Cactus League Debut
- Erik Swanson Diagnosed With "Median Nerve Entrapment"
- Jose Butto Dealing With Groin Injury
- Mike Clevinger Expected To Get Save Chances
Relief Pitcher Rankings for Points Leagues (March)
These rankings are for points and head-to-head points leagues. You can also see our roto fantasy baseball rankings.
Before we get to the rankings, let's quickly review points leagues and how they differ from other formats. Typically, points leagues have different league settings and scoring formats than other fantasy baseball leagues. Different MLB stats and categories are assigned different point values, and those can vary by individual league settings. Those different point buckets are then added up over the course of a scoring period or season.
In many cases, hitters who walk more and strike out less are preferred for points leagues. Also, many league formats tend to give more weight to pitchers than normal, as they can easily accrue points through categories like Innings Pitched. These are the general frameworks that we use for our points league rankings below, and explain why they look different than more standard 5x5 roto fantasy baseball rankings.
| Rank | Tier | Player | Position |
| 1 | 1 | Edwin Diaz | RP |
| 2 | 1 | Emmanuel Clase | RP |
| 3 | 1 | Josh Hader | RP |
| 4 | 1 | Ryan Helsley | RP |
| 5 | 1 | Raisel Iglesias | RP |
| 6 | 2 | Mason Miller | RP |
| 7 | 2 | Devin Williams | RP |
| 8 | 2 | Jhoan Duran | RP |
| 9 | 2 | Ryan Walker | RP |
| 10 | 2 | Felix Bautista | RP |
| 11 | 2 | Andres Munoz | RP |
| 12 | 2 | Jeff Hoffman | RP |
| 13 | 2 | Tanner Scott | RP |
| 14 | 2 | Bowden Francis | SP/RP |
| 15 | 3 | Robert Suarez | RP |
| 16 | 3 | Clay Holmes | SP/RP |
| 17 | 3 | Trevor Megill | RP |
| 18 | 3 | Justin Martinez | RP |
| 19 | 3 | Jose Soriano | RP |
| 20 | 3 | Nick Martinez | SP/RP |
| 21 | 3 | Ryan Pressly | RP |
| 22 | 4 | Alexis Diaz | RP |
| 23 | 4 | Pete Fairbanks | RP |
| 24 | 4 | Kyle Finnegan | RP |
| 25 | 4 | David Bednar | RP |
| 26 | 4 | Aroldis Chapman | RP |
| 27 | 4 | Drew Rasmussen | SP/RP |
| 28 | 4 | Jordan Romano | RP |
| 29 | 5 | Kenley Jansen | RP |
| 30 | 5 | Carlos Estevez | RP |
| 31 | 5 | A.J. Puk | RP |
| 32 | 5 | Andre Pallante | SP/RP |
| 33 | 5 | Lucas Erceg | RP |
| 34 | 5 | Chris Martin | RP |
| 35 | 5 | Grant Holmes | SP/RP |
| 36 | 5 | Kirby Yates | RP |
| 37 | 5 | Jordan Hicks | RP |
| 38 | 5 | Jason Adam | RP |
| 39 | 6 | Jason Foley | RP |
| 40 | 6 | Bryan Abreu | RP |
| 41 | 6 | Griffin Jax | RP |
| 42 | 6 | Calvin Faucher | RP |
| 43 | 6 | Edwin Uceta | RP |
| 44 | 6 | Liam Hendriks | RP |
| 45 | 6 | Martin Perez | SP/RP |
| 46 | 6 | Davis Martin | RP |
| 47 | 7 | Porter Hodge | RP |
| 48 | 7 | Ben Joyce | RP |
| 49 | 7 | Robert Garcia | RP |
| 50 | 7 | Cade Smith | RP |
| 51 | 7 | Camilo Doval | RP |
| 52 | 7 | Orion Kerkering | RP |
| 53 | 7 | Jesus Tinoco | RP |
| 54 | 7 | Jeremiah Estrada | RP |
| 55 | 7 | Kevin Ginkel | RP |
| 56 | 7 | Tyler Holton | SP/RP |
| 57 | 7 | Luke Weaver | RP |
| 58 | 7 | Justin Slaten | RP |
| 59 | 8 | Steven Matz | SP/RP |
| 60 | 8 | Seth Halvorsen | RP |
| 61 | 8 | Joel Payamps | RP |
| 62 | 8 | Tyler Kinley | RP |
| 63 | 8 | Cole Sands | RP |
| 64 | 8 | Blake Treinen | RP |
| 65 | 8 | Jose Leclerc | RP |
| 66 | 8 | Beau Brieske | RP |
| 67 | 8 | Seranthony Dominguez | RP |
| 68 | 9 | Osvaldo Bido | SP/RP |
| 69 | 9 | Keegan Akin | RP |
| 70 | 9 | Hayden Wesneski | SP/RP |
| 71 | 9 | Matt Strahm | RP |
| 72 | 9 | Chad Green | RP |
| 73 | 9 | Pierce Johnson | RP |
| 74 | 9 | Jose Alvarado | RP |
| 75 | 9 | Yimi Garcia | RP |
| 76 | 9 | Derek Law | RP |
| 77 | 9 | Reed Garrett | RP |
| 78 | 9 | Yennier Cano | RP |
| 79 | 9 | Justin Anderson | RP |
| 80 | 10 | Dennis Santana | RP |
| 81 | 10 | Alex Vesia | RP |
| 82 | 10 | Aaron Bummer | RP |
| 83 | 10 | Taylor Rogers | RP |
| 84 | 10 | Fernando Cruz | RP |
| 85 | 10 | Tony Santillan | RP |
| 86 | 10 | Anthony Bender | RP |
| 87 | 10 | Dylan Lee | RP |
| 88 | 10 | Jared Koenig | SP/RP |
| 89 | 10 | Garrett Cleavinger | RP |
| 90 | 10 | Evan Phillips | RP |
| 91 | 10 | Bryan Hudson | RP |
| 92 | 10 | Will Vest | RP |
| 93 | 10 | Jorge Lopez | RP |
| 94 | 10 | A.J. Minter | RP |
| 95 | 10 | Manuel Rodriguez | RP |
| 96 | 11 | Jose Butto | SP/RP |
| 97 | 11 | Hunter Harvey | RP |
| 98 | 11 | Ian Hamilton | RP |
| 99 | 11 | Yuki Matsui | RP |
| 100 | 11 | Michael Kopech | RP |
| 101 | 11 | Paul Sewald | RP |
| 102 | 11 | Trent Thornton | RP |
| 103 | 11 | Tyler Ferguson | RP |
| 104 | 11 | Colin Holderman | RP |
| 105 | 11 | Tyler Rogers | RP |
| 106 | 12 | Hunter Gaddis | RP |
| 107 | 12 | JoJo Romero | RP |
| 108 | 12 | Erik Miller | RP |
| 109 | 12 | Gregory Soto | RP |
| 110 | 12 | Matthew Liberatore | SP/RP |
| 111 | 12 | Tim Herrin | RP |
| 112 | 12 | Mark Leiter Jr. | RP |
| 113 | 12 | Victor Vodnik | RP |
| 114 | 12 | Fraser Ellard | RP |
| 115 | 12 | Adrian Morejon | RP |
| 116 | 12 | Emilio Pagan | RP |
| 117 | 12 | Ryne Stanek | RP |
| 118 | 12 | Jose A. Ferrer | RP |
| 119 | 12 | Dane Dunning | SP/RP |
| 120 | 12 | Tayler Scott | RP |
| 121 | 12 | Jacob Webb | RP |
| 122 | 12 | Brock Stewart | RP |
| 123 | 12 | Ryan Fernandez | RP |
| 124 | 12 | Michel Otanez | RP |
| 125 | 12 | Nick Sandlin | RP |
| 126 | 13 | David Robertson | RP |
| 127 | 13 | Tyson Miller | RP |
| 128 | 13 | Brock Burke | RP |
| 129 | 13 | Hector Neris | RP |
| 130 | 13 | Gregory Santos | RP |
| 131 | 13 | Bryse Wilson | SP/RP |
| 132 | 13 | J.T. Ginn | SP/RP |
| 133 | 13 | Ryan Thompson | RP |
| 134 | 13 | Tanner Banks | RP |
| 135 | 13 | Jorge Alcala | RP |
| 136 | 13 | Nate Pearson | RP |
| 137 | 13 | Scott Barlow | RP |
| 138 | 13 | Nick Mears | RP |
| 139 | 13 | Craig Kimbrel | RP |
| 140 | 13 | Jakob Junis | SP/RP |
| 141 | 14 | John Schreiber | RP |
| 142 | 14 | Dedniel Nunez | RP |
| 143 | 14 | Jake Cousins | RP |
| 144 | 14 | Ben Brown | SP/RP |
| 145 | 14 | Shawn Armstrong | SP/RP |
| 146 | 14 | Phil Maton | RP |
| 147 | 14 | Ryan Brasier | RP |
| 148 | 14 | Brant Hurter | RP |
| 149 | 14 | Sam Moll | RP |
| 150 | 14 | Caleb Thielbar | RP |
| 151 | 14 | Joe Mantiply | RP |
| 152 | 14 | Declan Cronin | RP |
| 153 | 14 | Luis Peralta | RP |
| 154 | 14 | Caleb Ferguson | RP |
| 155 | 14 | Hoby Milner | RP |
| 156 | 14 | Collin Snider | RP |
| 157 | 14 | Luke Jackson | RP |
| 158 | 14 | Matt Brash | RP |
| 159 | 14 | Carmen Mlodzinski | RP |
| 160 | 14 | Danny Coulombe | RP |
| 161 | 15 | Gus Varland | RP |
| 162 | 15 | Sean Hjelle | RP |
| 163 | 15 | Elvis Peguero | RP |
| 164 | 15 | Tommy Kahnle | RP |
| 165 | 15 | Anthony Banda | RP |
| 166 | 15 | Greg Weissert | RP |
| 167 | 15 | Tayler Saucedo | RP |
| 168 | 15 | Abner Uribe | RP |
| 169 | 15 | Cionel Perez | RP |
| 170 | 15 | Daysbel Hernandez | RP |
| 171 | 15 | Mason Montgomery | RP |
| 172 | 15 | Jose Quijada | RP |
| 173 | 15 | Louie Varland | SP/RP |
| 174 | 15 | Colin Poche | RP |
| 175 | 15 | Kaleb Ort | RP |
| 176 | 15 | Ryan Zeferjahn | RP |
| 177 | 15 | Angel Perdomo | RP |
| 178 | 15 | Lucas Sims | RP |
| 179 | 15 | Jose Ruiz | RP |
| 180 | 15 | Bryan King | RP |
| 181 | 16 | Danny Young | RP |
| 182 | 16 | Angel Zerpa | RP |
| 183 | 16 | Aaron Ashby | RP |
| 184 | 16 | Erik Swanson | RP |
| 185 | 16 | Shelby Miller | RP |
| 186 | 16 | Hunter Bigge | RP |
| 187 | 16 | Andrew Nardi | RP |
| 188 | 16 | Troy Taylor | RP |
| 189 | 16 | Brent Suter | RP |
| 190 | 16 | Jordan Leasure | RP |
| 191 | 16 | Marc Church | RP |
| 192 | 16 | Jake Bird | RP |
| 193 | 16 | Grant Holman | RP |
| 194 | 16 | Kevin Kelly | RP |
| 195 | 16 | Andrew Chafin | RP |
| 196 | 16 | Michael Tonkin | RP |
| 197 | 16 | Bryan Hoeing | RP |
| 198 | 16 | Chris Stratton | RP |
| 199 | 16 | Andrew Walters | RP |
| 200 | 16 | Joey Wentz | SP/RP |
| 201 | 17 | Julian Merryweather | RP |
| 202 | 17 | Gabe Speier | RP |
| 203 | 17 | Eli Morgan | RP |
| 204 | 17 | Wandy Peralta | RP |
| 205 | 17 | John Brebbia | SP/RP |
| 206 | 17 | Justin Lawrence | RP |
| 207 | 17 | Lake Bachar | RP |
| 208 | 17 | Randy Rodriguez | RP |
| 209 | 17 | Scott Alexander | SP/RP |
| 210 | 17 | John King | RP |
| 211 | 17 | Sam Long | RP |
| 212 | 17 | Randy Vasquez | SP/RP |
| 213 | 17 | Angel Chivilli | RP |
| 214 | 17 | Cam Booser | RP |
| 215 | 17 | Bryan Baker | RP |
| 216 | 17 | Brendon Little | RP |
| 217 | 17 | Kendall Graveman | RP |
| 218 | 17 | Chase Silseth | SP/RP |
| 219 | 17 | Justin Wilson | RP |
| 220 | 18 | Michael Fulmer | RP |
| 221 | 18 | Ryan Burr | RP |
| 222 | 18 | Andrew Kittredge | RP |
| 223 | 18 | Tim Hill | RP |
| 224 | 18 | Brennan Bernardino | RP |
| 225 | 18 | Erik Sabrowski | RP |
| 226 | 18 | Anthony Veneziano | RP |
| 227 | 18 | Josh Winckowski | RP |
| 228 | 18 | Hogan Harris | SP/RP |
| 229 | 18 | Steven Okert | RP |
| 230 | 18 | Austin Voth | RP |
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