The fantasy baseball world was delivered a bombshell on Monday morning when Emmanuel Clase, the dominant closer for the Cleveland Guardians, was put on non-disciplinary paid leave as the league looks into his role in a gambling investigation. This was, and still is, the week that we expect many closers to be dealt before the trade deadline. But the biggest closer news might be the changing of the guard in Cleveland.This week represents perhaps the busiest of the season regarding closers moving ...

When this piece is published, we will be about three weeks from the Major League Baseball trade deadline. That date has massive implications for fantasy baseball, and perhaps the MOST fantasy implications for closers who are traded. Where traded closers end up matters a great deal to their rest of their season value.In the past week, beat reporters and national baseball writers have mentioned the following names as trade candidates: Emmanuel Clase, David Bednar, Kenley Jansen, Jhoan Duran, and ...

The MLB season never stops, and fantasy baseball managers must proactively set their teams up for late-postseason runs. To help you prepare, below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated H2H points league fantasy baseball rankings and tiers heading into Week 7 of the 2025 season.Use these rankings to identify potential buy or sell candidates, and see which prospects are emerging and could become significant factors late in the year. As always, injuries affect these rest-of-season rankings, ...

We're headed into another week of exciting MLB action, and the fantasy baseball season is starting to heat up. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated H2H points league fantasy baseball rankings and tiers heading into Week 6 of the 2025 season.Some hot prospects are starting to emerge, but there are plenty of veteran risers and fallers from preseason rankings that can be viewed as trade targets or sells. As always, injuries have brought a shake-up in the rankings, too.These updated ...

This is perhaps the biggest week of bullpen news this season. Two big-name closers who fantasy baseball managers paid a very hefty price on draft day to obtain are currently without their teams' closer gig. Fantasy baseball managers everywhere are surely not panicking!There are also a number of teams using a closer committee that is vital to figure out. If you are in need of saves, this is a week to be aggressive off the waiver wire.Plus, there are a lot of great relievers who do not get save ...

Welcome back! At RotoBaller HQ, we continue our rankings articles series and pump out fantasy baseball content daily. Today, our MLB team bring your our early 2025 fantasy baseball closer and relief pitcher rankings and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues. Should you spend a high pick on a closer? Saves can be scarce and volatile at times, but the good news is that we saw 22 relief pitchers convert 20 or more saves. Ryan Helsley led the majors with 49 saves, followed by Emmanuel Clase with 47. The ...

We're officially down to four teams left, internet friends! One of the Dodgers, Mets, Guardians, or Yankees will be the 2024 World Series champions (and all of those teams are set up for another good season next year, too). We've already seen some fantastic bullpen performances in these playoffs but also some surprising blow-ups.Three of the four teams left in the playoffs have a locked-in closer. The Mets have had Edwin Diaz whenever he's healthy. The Guardians had Emmanuel Clase have one of ...

There are plenty of different strategies when drafting relief pitchers for fantasy baseball. One strategy would be to aggressively go after the top projected closers relatively early in drafts. And that strategy is paying off for managers who took Emmanuel Clase or Clay Holmes.Another strategy is to draft starting pitchers who are eligible at RP and then look for some bargain closers in the later rounds or just punt saves altogether. But having at least one of the top 10 closers in baseball can ...

Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase earned his league-best 24th save of the season in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Royals. Clase came in to pitch the bottom of the ninth up by one. He got the first two outs on groundouts, had a runner reach first on an error, but got one more groundout to end the game. The 25-year-old has been an elite fantasy option once again this season and has started to look like his old self, bringing his season stats to a 2.35 ERA and 8.22 K/9 rate. It is a testament...

Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Emmanuel Clase hurled a scoreless ninth inning to seize his 23rd save of the year in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The 25-year-old allowed a single and struck out one batter. Clase stretched his scoreless-appearance streak to 11 with another shutdown effort. Those who spent a premium draft pick on the flame-throwing righty this past spring are receiving just about what they hoped for. Clase hasn't been as untouchable as he was in 2022, but ...