This article references A, A.J. Ramos, Aaron Loup, Aaron Sanchez, Adam Ottavino, Addison Reed, al alburquerque, Alexi Ogando, Andrew Miller, Antonio Bastardo, Aroldis Chapman, Arquimedes Caminero, Bobby Parnell, Boone Logan, Brad Boxberger, Brad Ziegler, Brandon Kintzler, Brandon League, Brett Cecil, Brian Duensing, Bryan Shaw, Caleb Thielbar, Cam Bedrosian, Carlos Torres, Carson Smith, Casey Fien, Casey Janssen, Chad Qualls, Chris Hatcher, Cody Allen, Craig Kimbrel, Craig Stammen, Dale Thayer, Dan Jennings, Dan Otero, Danny Farquhar, Darren O'day, David Carpenter, David Robertson, Dellin Betances, Drew Storen, Edward Mujica, Enrique Burgos, Eric O'Flaherty, Ernesto Frieri, Evan Marshall, Fernando Rodney, Fernando Salas, Francisco Rodriguez, Glen Perkins, Grant Balfour, Greg Holland, Hector Rondon, Hunter Strickland, Huston Street, J.P. Howell, Jake Diekman, Jake McGee, Jake Petricka, Jason Grilli, Jason Motte, Jean Machi, Jenrry Mejia, Jeremy Affeldt, Jerry Blevins, Jeurys Familia, Jim Henderson, Jim Johnson, Joakim Soria, Joaquin Benoit, Joba Chamberlain, Joe Nathan, Joe Smith, Joel Peralta, John Axford, Jonathan Broxton, Jonathan Papelbon, Jordan Walden, Juan Jaime, Junichi Tazawa and more! Saves are an important component for many fantasy baseball leagues. Closers are one of the most volatile positions in fantasy baseball, and one of the highest turnover positions in MLB. Each year, closers drop like flies and many MLB teams make in-season changes due to injuries or poor performance. Stay on top of all closer depth charts for the AL and NL, and dominate in saves this year. We will be updating the MLB Closers & Saves Depth Charts all season long.  Bookmark this page, an[...]Keep on reading: MLB Closers & Saves: Fantasy Baseball Depth Charts

This article references A, Brad Boxberger, Cody Allen, David Robertson, Huston Street, Jake McGee, Miguel Castro, Nick Hagadone, Roberto Osuna, Scott Atchison and more! Week three in fantasy baseball saw a few blown saves and some more domination, but not much changed in the closer world. Managers are patient to make moves early on in the season, but when they do we need to be on top of the action. Below are some of the more important bullpen story lines as of April 27th 2015. Editor's Note: Bookmark our MLB Closers & Saves Depth Charts for the latest look at all the current closers, setup men, longshots and relief pitcher waiver wire adds.   [...]Keep on reading: MLB Closers And Saves Waiver Wire Watch For 4/27/15

This article references Aroldis Chapman, Craig Kimbrel, David Robertson, Fernando Rodney, Greg Holland, Joaquin Benoit, Jonathan Papelbon, Kenley Jansen, Mariano Rivera, Mark Melancon, Steve Cishek, Trevor Rosenthal and more!   Projecting Saves for 2015 Fantasy Baseball Saves can be one of the most volatile categories for fantasy owners. Often, a pitcher will have the closer’s role seemingly locked up only to be ousted after a slow start to the season. Many believe that the only key to racking up a lot of saves is to pick a closer for a winning team. This often proves to be false. Of the 2014 leaders in saves, three of them played for losing teams, five of them played for teams with a negative run diffe[...]Keep on reading: Predicting the Top Ten Finishers for Saves in 2015

This article references Aroldis Chapman, Brad Boxberger, Craig Kimbrel, David Robertson, Dellin Betances, Greg Holland, Jake McGee, Joaquin Benoit, Jonathan Papelbon, Kenley Jansen, Mariano Rivera, Sean Doolittle and more! In 1979 New York Times writer and inventor of rotisserie baseball Daniel Okrent created a statistic then-known as IPRAT, or “innings pitched ratio.” At a time when ERA and wins were all the rave, Okrent created a simple formula that would form the foundation of sabermetrics and eventually work its way into regular fantasy baseball categories in nearly every format. Okrent’s equation? Walks allowed plus hits allowed, divided by innings pitched. Seems like he should have realized that WH[...]Keep on reading: Top 10 Projected WHIP Finishers for Relievers: 2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

This article references Andrew Miller, Aroldis Chapman, Craig Kimbrel, David Robertson, Dellin Betances, Jonathan Papelbon, Santiago Casilla, Sergio Romo, SP, WR and more! Reliever Hijinks Last season was my best year of fantasy baseball in the dozen years I've played, as I managed to secure championships in all three of my leagues. This was in spite of the fact that I endured what I'll lightly term as the season from hell as far as closers are concerned. Most years, I heed the well-worn mantra of Don't Pay for Saves and manage to cobble together an effective relief corps anyway, but last season I simply couldn't win. No matter who I acquired, it seemed like [...]Keep on reading: Three Relief Pitchers Who Will Outperform Their 2015 ADP: Rankings Analysis

This article references 2B, Addison Reed, Andrew Miller, Aroldis Chapman, Brad Boxberger, Bryan Shaw, Casey Janssen, Cody Allen, Craig Kimbrel, Danny Farquhar, David Robertson, DEF, Dellin Betances, Fernando Rodney, Glen Perkins, Greg Holland, Huston Street, Jake McGee, Jenrry Mejia, Joaquin Benoit and more! The Final Chapter I considered skipping out on this article because of how volatile the closer position is in fantasy baseball. At the end of the day though, every fantasy team needs closers, dynasty and redraft leagues. Closers are the only relief pitchers we really value in the fantasy baseball community unless you play in a holds league. Even then, teams are changing the structure of their bullpen so often that there is little stability. Sure that means the guys at the top are fairly valu[...]Keep on reading: 2015 Dynasty / Keeper Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Relief Pitchers

This article references Addison Reed, Andrew Miller, Aroldis Chapman, Bobby Parnell, Brad Boxberger, Brett Cecil, Casey Janssen, Chad Qualls, Cody Allen, Craig Kimbrel, David Robertson, DEF, Dellin Betances, Drew Storen, Fernando Rodney, Francisco Rodriguez, Glen Perkins, Greg Holland, Hector Rondon, Huston Street and more! Last month, we brought you RotoBaller's preliminary relievers fantasy baseball rankings. The February update is here. We'll be releasing all the other positional rankings updates this week, with analysis from all the RotoBaller writers on their favorite risers and fallers at each MLB position. Make sure to also check out our MLB Fantasy Baseball Rankings blog, along with all of RotoBaller's reliever rankings content.    2015 Fantasy Baseball Reliever Rankings Brad Johnson (Lea[...]Keep on reading: 2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Relievers (RP) – February Update

This article references 2B, Addison Reed, Andrew Miller, Aroldis Chapman, Bobby Parnell, Brad Boxberger, Brett Cecil, Casey Janssen, Chris Perez, Cody Allen, Craig Kimbrel, Danny Farquhar, David Robertson, Dellin Betances, Drew Storen, Ernesto Frieri, Fernando Rodney, Francisco Rodriguez, Glen Perkins, Grant Balfour and more! It's a love/hate thing. Closers are essential in most fantasy baseball leagues, yet the best closers in the game can go all post-midnight Cinderella in the blink of an eye, while the junky relievers you'd never think of drafting can go from forgotten waiver wire fodder to saves goldmine overnight. This is the position that makes you pull your hair out. It's the most volatile position in all of fantasy baseball, which also makes it the most difficult to meaningfully rank. But hey, this is a[...] Keep on reading: 2015 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Closers

This article references Adrian Peterson, David Robertson, DEF, Jeff Samardzija, Johnny Manziel, Jon Lester, Kobe Bryant, Melky Cabrera, SP, WR and more! In case you were too busy doing things that fun people do this weekend, like socializing or jetskiing or something, don't worry.  I've been here following all the stories that developed this weekend instead of tearing around on a Sea-Doo.  All for you guys.  You're welcome. Marcus Mariota Wins Heisman In Landslide VictoryIn a twist ending that absolutely nobody saw coming, Marcus Mariota became the first Heisman trophy winner in the University of Oregon's history on Saturd[...] Keep on reading: Daily Sports Recap for 12/15/14: Weekend Special Edition

This article references Brian Hoyer, Cam Newton, Chris Sale, David Robertson, DEF, Jeff Samardzija, Johnny Manziel, LeBron James, SP and more! Welcome to Wednesday December 10th's edition of the Daily Sports Recap, where we reserve the right to nut-punch the first person to say "Hump Day" at 6 in the morning. It's bad enough the sun's not out yet, I don't need to deal with what you call it, Glen. Oakland Trades Samardzija to White SoxEarly Tuesday morning, news broke that the Athletics would continue their roster purge by shipping RHP Jeff Samardzija to the White Sox for prospects. This is great news for Chicago f[...] Keep on reading: Daily Sports Recap for 12/10: Running Out Of Clever Titles Already, This Doesn't Bode Well