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

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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:

 

Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitcher News and Injury Updates

 

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.

Rank Tier Player Position
1 1 Emmanuel Clase RP
2 1 Devin Williams RP
3 1 Josh Hader RP
4 1 Edwin Diaz RP
5 2 Mason Miller RP
6 2 Ryan Helsley RP
7 2 Raisel Iglesias RP
8 2 Andres Munoz RP
9 3 Felix Bautista RP
10 3 Jhoan Duran RP
11 4 Ryan Walker RP
12 4 Jeff Hoffman RP
13 4 Trevor Megill RP
14 4 Tanner Scott RP
15 4 Kenley Jansen RP
16 5 Robert Suarez 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 A.J. Puk RP
26 6 Drew Rasmussen SP/RP
27 6 Justin Martinez RP
28 6 Clay Holmes SP/RP
29 6 Grant Holmes SP/RP
30 6 Kirby Yates RP
31 6 Liam Hendriks RP
32 6 Lucas Erceg RP
33 6 Chris Martin RP
34 7 Griffin Jax RP
35 7 Orion Kerkering RP
36 7 Edwin Uceta RP
37 7 Jason Adam RP
38 7 Aroldis Chapman RP
39 7 Luke Weaver RP
40 7 Porter Hodge RP
41 7 Ben Joyce RP
42 7 Jose Soriano RP
43 7 Calvin Faucher RP
44 7 Nick Martinez SP/RP
45 7 Jason Foley RP
46 7 Cade Smith RP
47 7 Hayden Wesneski SP/RP
48 8 Seth Halvorsen RP
49 8 Camilo Doval RP
50 8 Ben Brown SP/RP
51 8 Jeremiah Estrada RP
52 8 Blake Treinen RP
53 8 Bryan Abreu RP
54 8 Matt Strahm RP
55 8 Justin Slaten RP
56 8 David Robertson RP
57 8 Kevin Ginkel RP
58 8 Tyler Holton SP/RP
59 8 Michael Kopech RP
60 8 Robert Garcia RP
61 8 Osvaldo Bido SP/RP
62 8 Jesus Tinoco RP
63 8 Jorge Lopez RP
64 8 Yimi Garcia RP
65 8 Beau Brieske RP
66 9 Jordan Hicks RP
67 9 Chad Green RP
68 9 Paul Sewald RP
69 9 Aaron Ashby RP
70 9 Jose Leclerc RP
71 9 Tyler Kinley RP
72 9 Abner Uribe RP
73 9 Mason Montgomery RP
74 10 Joel Payamps RP
75 10 Jose Alvarado RP
76 10 A.J. Minter RP
77 10 Tommy Kahnle RP
78 10 Brant Hurter RP
79 10 Evan Phillips RP
80 10 Andre Pallante SP/RP
81 10 Hunter Gaddis RP
82 10 Jose Butto SP/RP
83 10 Andrew Kittredge RP
84 10 Will Vest RP
85 10 Bryan Hudson RP
86 10 Hunter Harvey RP
87 10 Keegan Akin RP
88 10 Alex Vesia RP
89 10 Jakob Junis SP/RP
90 10 Pierce Johnson RP
91 10 Jose A. Ferrer RP
92 10 Manuel Rodriguez RP
93 10 Andrew Nardi RP
94 10 Reed Garrett RP
95 10 Craig Yoho RP
96 10 Marc Church RP
97 11 Craig Kimbrel RP
98 11 Dylan Lee RP
99 11 Gregory Santos RP
100 11 Cole Sands RP
101 11 Garrett Cleavinger RP
102 11 Seranthony Dominguez RP
103 11 Fernando Cruz RP
104 11 Brock Stewart RP
105 11 Tony Santillan RP
106 11 Hunter Bigge RP
107 11 Yennier Cano RP
108 11 Steven Matz SP/RP
109 11 Ryan Zeferjahn RP
110 11 Matt Brash RP
111 11 Jorge Alcala RP
112 11 Derek Law RP
113 11 Erik Miller RP
114 11 Jacob Webb RP
115 11 Anthony Bender RP
116 11 Victor Vodnik RP
117 12 Dedniel Nunez RP
118 12 Nate Pearson RP
119 12 Adrian Morejon RP
120 12 Michel Otanez RP
121 12 Jared Koenig SP/RP
122 12 Aaron Bummer RP
123 12 Dennis Santana RP
124 12 Kevin Kelly RP
125 12 Yuki Matsui RP
126 12 Taylor Rogers RP
127 12 Robert Stephenson RP
128 12 Ryan Fernandez RP
129 12 Martin Perez SP/RP
130 12 Mark Leiter Jr. RP
131 12 Justin Anderson RP
132 12 Drey Jameson RP
133 12 Jordan Leasure RP
134 12 Gus Varland RP
135 12 Matthew Liberatore SP/RP
136 13 Hector Neris RP
137 13 Ryan Brasier RP
138 13 JoJo Romero RP


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