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Starting pitching is a premium in points leagues, but plenty of relievers can accumulate saves and generate a ton of points. We break it all down for you with our 2025 fantasy baseball closers, saves, relief pitcher rankings and tiers for points leagues and H2H points leagues.
Closers are more sought after in standard 5x5 roto leagues than points leagues, as not one relief pitcher is ranked in our top 50 overall points rankings below. Edwin Diaz is the top relief pitcher off the board and ranked 59th overall, followed by Emmanuel Clase at 67 and Ryan Helsley at 68. In points leagues, with the amount of talent at RP, fantasy managers can afford to wait to draft a relief pitcher in the later rounds. Also, starters with relief pitcher eligibility, such as Bowden Francis, can be more valuable than some borderline closers as they can rack up points in a starting relief spot.
The RP rankings below are specifically designed for fantasy baseball 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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Closers and Relievers Fantasy Baseball News and Injuries
- Nationals Re-Sign Kyle Finnegan To One-Year Deal
- Scott Barlow Agrees With Reds On One-Year Deal
- Kenley Jansen Agrees To Contract With Angels
- Ben Brown Could Be Deployed In High-Leverage Situations
- Orioles Claim Roansy Contreras Off Waivers From Yankees
- Cardinals Sign Nick Anderson To Minor-League Deal
- Nationals Agree With Colin Poche To Minor-League Deal
- Colin Rea Could See Time As Starter And Reliever
- Braves May Lean On Aaron Bummer More In High-Leverage Situations
- Calvin Fauchner Favorite To Be Miami's Closer
- Cubs Acquire Ryan Brasier From Dodgers
- Tim Hill Re-Signs With Yankees
- Danny Coulombe, Twins Agree To One-Year Deal
- Matt Brash Targeting Late-April Return
- Jason Foley May Not Be The Defined Closer
- Porter Hodge Likely To To Setup Role
RP Points Rankings for Fantasy Baseball (February)
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.
| Ranking | Tier | Player | Position |
| 1 | 1 | Edwin Diaz | RP |
| 2 | 1 | Emmanuel Clase | RP |
| 3 | 1 | Ryan Helsley | RP |
| 4 | 1 | Josh Hader | RP |
| 5 | 1 | Raisel Iglesias | RP |
| 6 | 2 | Devin Williams | RP |
| 7 | 2 | Mason Miller | RP |
| 8 | 2 | Jhoan Duran | RP |
| 9 | 2 | Felix Bautista | RP |
| 10 | 2 | Ryan Walker | RP |
| 11 | 2 | Andres Munoz | RP |
| 12 | 2 | Jeff Hoffman | RP |
| 13 | 2 | Robert Suarez | RP |
| 14 | 2 | Tanner Scott | RP |
| 15 | 3 | Justin Martinez | RP |
| 16 | 3 | Trevor Megill | RP |
| 17 | 3 | Bowden Francis | SP/RP |
| 18 | 3 | Clay Holmes | SP/RP |
| 19 | 3 | Alexis Diaz | RP |
| 20 | 3 | Ryan Pressly | RP |
| 21 | 3 | Pete Fairbanks | RP |
| 22 | 4 | Jose Soriano | RP |
| 23 | 4 | Nick Martinez | SP/RP |
| 24 | 4 | Jordan Romano | RP |
| 25 | 4 | Kyle Finnegan | RP |
| 26 | 4 | David Bednar | RP |
| 27 | 4 | Carlos Estevez | RP |
| 28 | 4 | Luis Ortiz | RP |
| 29 | 5 | Drew Rasmussen | SP/RP |
| 30 | 5 | Aroldis Chapman | RP |
| 31 | 5 | Kirby Yates | RP |
| 32 | 5 | A.J. Puk | RP |
| 33 | 5 | Lucas Erceg | RP |
| 34 | 5 | Kenley Jansen | RP |
| 35 | 5 | Liam Hendriks | RP |
| 36 | 5 | Ben Joyce | RP |
| 37 | 5 | Jason Foley | RP |
| 38 | 5 | Andre Pallante | SP/RP |
| 39 | 6 | Bryan Abreu | RP |
| 40 | 6 | Chris Martin | RP |
| 41 | 6 | Griffin Jax | RP |
| 42 | 6 | Jason Adam | RP |
| 43 | 6 | Camilo Doval | RP |
| 44 | 6 | Matt Strahm | RP |
| 45 | 6 | Porter Hodge | RP |
| 46 | 6 | Martin Perez | SP/RP |
| 47 | 7 | Jordan Hicks | RP |
| 48 | 7 | Edwin Uceta | RP |
| 49 | 7 | Grant Holmes | SP/RP |
| 50 | 7 | Cade Smith | RP |
| 51 | 7 | Calvin Faucher | RP |
| 52 | 7 | Orion Kerkering | RP |
| 53 | 7 | Jesus Tinoco | RP |
| 54 | 7 | Kevin Ginkel | RP |
| 55 | 7 | Tyler Holton | SP/RP |
| 56 | 7 | Jeremiah Estrada | RP |
| 57 | 7 | Davis Martin | RP |
| 58 | 7 | Derek Law | RP |
| 59 | 8 | Luke Weaver | RP |
| 60 | 8 | Tyler Kinley | RP |
| 61 | 8 | Jorge Lopez | RP |
| 62 | 8 | Seth Halvorsen | RP |
| 63 | 8 | Cole Sands | RP |
| 64 | 8 | Blake Treinen | RP |
| 65 | 8 | Joel Payamps | RP |
| 66 | 8 | Robert Garcia | RP |
| 67 | 8 | Steven Matz | SP/RP |
| 68 | 9 | Yimi Garcia | RP |
| 69 | 9 | Jose Leclerc | RP |
| 70 | 9 | Beau Brieske | RP |
| 71 | 9 | Chad Green | RP |
| 72 | 9 | Seranthony Dominguez | RP |
| 73 | 9 | Pierce Johnson | RP |
| 74 | 9 | Keegan Akin | RP |
| 75 | 9 | Prelander Berroa | RP |
| 76 | 9 | Michael Kopech | RP |
| 77 | 9 | Hayden Wesneski | SP/RP |
| 78 | 9 | Fernando Cruz | RP |
| 79 | 9 | Evan Phillips | RP |
| 80 | 10 | DL Hall | SP/RP |
| 81 | 10 | Justin Slaten | RP |
| 82 | 10 | Dennis Santana | RP |
| 83 | 10 | Justin Anderson | RP |
| 84 | 10 | Aaron Ashby | RP |
| 85 | 10 | Osvaldo Bido | SP/RP |
| 86 | 10 | David Robertson | RP |
| 87 | 10 | Yennier Cano | RP |
| 88 | 10 | Hunter Harvey | RP |
| 89 | 10 | Paul Sewald | RP |
| 90 | 10 | Jakob Junis | SP/RP |
| 91 | 10 | Craig Kimbrel | RP |
| 92 | 10 | Randy Vasquez | SP/RP |
| 93 | 10 | Dane Dunning | SP/RP |
| 94 | 10 | Nate Pearson | RP |
| 95 | 10 | Jose A. Ferrer | RP |
| 96 | 11 | Luis Garcia (RP) | RP |
| 97 | 11 | Matthew Liberatore | SP/RP |
| 98 | 11 | Erik Miller | RP |
| 99 | 11 | Brant Hurter | RP |
| 100 | 11 | J.T. Ginn | SP/RP |
| 101 | 11 | Gus Varland | RP |
| 102 | 11 | Angel Zerpa | RP |
| 103 | 11 | Tristan Beck | RP |
| 104 | 11 | Ben Brown | SP/RP |
| 105 | 11 | Louie Varland | SP/RP |
| 106 | 12 | Chase Silseth | SP/RP |
| 107 | 12 | Hogan Harris | SP/RP |
| 108 | 12 | Chris Flexen | SP/RP |
| 109 | 12 | Drey Jameson | RP |
| 110 | 12 | Ross Stripling | SP/RP |
| 111 | 12 | Eduardo Salazar | RP |
| 112 | 12 | Xzavion Curry | SP/RP |
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