2015 Fantasy Baseball: Closer Grid
Aroldis Chapman
One month into the 2015 MLB season and it’s no surprise to see Huston Street and Trevor Rosenthal among the leaders in saves for their respective leagues. But did you know that the Mets’ Jeurys Familia and Tigers’ Joakim Soria are tied with Street for the most entering May 1 with nine? Both are in the closer role for their teams because of injuries, which have had quite the early impact on bullpens around the league. Not only are we still waiting for Kenley Jansen, Sean Doolittle and Jake McGee to make their season debuts, but the Royals’ Greg Holland is currently on the disabled list with a pectoral strain, although he’s expected back right around the time his 15-day term is up.
Team | Closer | Setup | Watch List |
Arizona | Addison Reed | Brad Zeigler | Evan Marshall, Oliver Perez |
Atlanta | Jason Grilli | Jim Johnson | Luis Avilan |
Baltimore | Zach Britton | Darren O'Day | Tommy Hunter, Brian Matusz |
Boston | Koji Uehara | Edward Mujica | Junichi Tazawa |
Chicago (AL) | David Robertson | Zach Duke | Zach Putnam, Jake Petricka |
Chicago (NL) | Hector Rondon | Pedro Strop | Jason Motte, Zac Rosscup, Neil Ramirez (DL) |
Cincinnati | Aroldis Chapman | Jumbo Diaz | J.J. Hoover |
Cleveland | Cody Allen | Bryan Shaw | Scott Atchison, Nick Hagadone |
Colorado | John Axford | Rafael Betancourt | Adam Ottavino, LaTroy Hawkins (DL) |
Detroit | Joakim Soria | Joba Chamberlain | Al Albuquerque, Joe Nathan, Bruce Rondon (DL) |
Houston | Luke Gregerson | Chad Qualls | Pat Neshek, Tony Sipp, Josh Fields |
Kansas City | Wade Davis | Kelvin Herrera | Ryan Madson, Greg Holland (DL) |
Los Angeles (AL) | Huston Street | Joe Smith | Fernando Salas, Cam Bedrosian |
Los Angeles (NL)* | Yimi Garcia | Chris Hatcher | Paco Rodrigiez, Pedro Baez, Joel Peralta, Kenley Jansen (DL) |
Miami | Steve Cishek | A.J. Ramos | Mike Dunn |
Milwaukee | Francisco Rodriguez | Jonathan Broxton | Will Smith, Jim Henderson (DL) |
Minnesota | Glen Perkins | Casey Fien | Brian Duensing, Caleb Thielbar |
New York (AL)* | Andrew Miller | Dellin Betances | David Carpenter, Justin Wilson |
New York (NL) | Jeurys Familia | Buddy Carlyle | Carlos Torres, Bobby Parnell (DL), Jenrry Mejia (suspended) |
Oakland | Tyler Clippard | Dan Otero | Eric O'Flaherty, Sean Doolittle (DL) |
Philadelphia | Jonathan Papelbon | Ken Giles | Jacob Diekman, Justin De Fratus |
Pittsburgh | Mark Melancon | Tony Watson | Jared Hughes |
St. Louis | Trevor Rosenthal | Jordan Walden | Matt Belisle |
San Diego | Craig Kimbrel | Joaquin Benoit | Dale Thayer, Kevin Quackenbush |
San Francisco | Santiago Casilla | Sergio Romo | Jeremy Affeldt, Jean Machi |
Seattle | Fernando Rodney | Danny Farquhar | Yoervis Medina, Tom Wilhelmsen |
Tampa Bay | Brad Boxberger | Kevin Jepsen | Ernesto Frieri, Jake McGee (DL) |
Texas | Neftali Feliz | Roman Mendez | Keone Kela, Shawn Tolleson |
Toronto* | Brett Cecil | Miguel Castro | Roberto Osuna, Aaron Loup |
Washington | Drew Storen | Matt Thornton | Aaron Barrett, Casey Janssen (DL) |
*Los Angeles (NL) and Toronto are employing a closer-by-committee approach, while New York (AL) has not designated a primary closer.
