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Closers Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 140 Relief Pitchers (RP) for Roto Leagues - March Updates

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Updated fantasy baseball closers rankings for 2025 roto league drafts, as of March. Read our top 140 tiered relief pitcher rankings for fantasy baseball drafts.

It's one of the most exciting times in baseball, as spring training will be over soon, and Opening Day is around the corner. The fantasy baseball offseason continues to heat up, and the heart of the draft season is upon us. At RotoBaller HQ, we continue our rankings series with our MLB team's updated 2025 fantasy baseball relief pitcher and closer rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 category mixed leagues).

Closers are the most volatile position in fantasy baseball due to role changes, injuries, team changes, and other factors. Should fantasy managers spend an early-round pick on a relief pitcher? It depends, in 15-team, drafting a top close gives an advantage so that you are not spending half your FAAB in April. Emmanuel Clase was the top closer in baseball after racking up 47 saves with a .061 ERA last season.

The relief pitcher and closer rankings below are specifically designed for traditional roto leagues (5x5 categories), put together by MLB team lead Nick Mariano. We also have many other rankings for various league formats, and 17 different rankings types to choose from. Some of the most popular ones are highlighted below.

Be sure to also bookmark our other fantasy baseball rankings:

 

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Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher Rankings (March Update)

These rankings are for roto 5x5 category mixed leagues and will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard.

Ranking 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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