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2025 Fantasy Baseball Closer, Relief Pitcher Rankings: Top 130 - Roto Leagues (January Updates)

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RotoBaller's 2025 fantasy baseball closer and relief pitcher rankings for roto leagues (January updates). Use our tiered RP rankings to win fantasy baseball drafts.

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 biggest news for closers during the offseason was Devin Williams being acquired by the New York Yankees. Williams was named the team's closer after signing a one-year, $8.6 million contract with New York to avoid arbitration. In other news, the Cubs traded for Ryan Pressly this offseason, while the Dodgers signed closer Tanner Scott. Use our relief pitcher rankings below during your drafts and check out our MLB closers and saves depth charts, updated throughout the season.

The closer and relief pitcher rankings below are specifically designed for traditional 5x5 Roto Mixed Leagues (click here for points leagues, dynasty leagues, and prospect rankings). We also have many other tools and resources to help you win in 2025. We've worked hard to keep track of all off-season moves to get you covered for your fantasy baseball drafts with our 2025 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit. It includes various fantasy baseball tools and exclusive articles/projections for different formats.

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2025 Fantasy Baseball Closer and Relief Pitcher Rankings (January Update)

Rankings by Nick Mariano. They are for 5x5 category mixed roto leagues and will be updated regularly on our main fantasy baseball rankings dashboard through Opening Day. Download our free mobile app with push notification alerts and stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis.

Ranking Tier Player Position
1 1 Emmanuel Clase RP
2 1 Edwin Diaz RP
3 1 Devin Williams RP
4 1 Josh Hader RP
5 2 Mason Miller RP
6 2 Ryan Helsley RP
7 2 Felix Bautista RP
8 2 Raisel Iglesias RP
9 3 Andres Munoz RP
10 3 Jhoan Duran RP
11 4 Ryan Walker RP
12 4 Robert Suarez RP
13 4 Trevor Megill RP
14 4 Jeff Hoffman RP
15 4 Kenley Jansen RP
16 5 Tanner Scott 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 Drew Rasmussen SP/RP
26 6 Kirby Yates RP
27 6 A.J. Puk RP
28 6 Lucas Erceg RP
29 6 Justin Martinez RP
30 6 Chris Martin RP
31 6 Liam Hendriks RP
32 6 Griffin Jax RP
33 6 Edwin Uceta RP
34 7 Luke Weaver RP
35 7 Clay Holmes SP/RP
36 7 Orion Kerkering RP
37 7 Aroldis Chapman RP
38 7 Porter Hodge RP
39 7 Blake Treinen RP
40 7 Nick Martinez SP/RP
41 7 Jose Soriano RP
42 7 Jason Foley RP
43 7 Grant Holmes SP/RP
44 7 Jorge Lopez RP
45 7 Calvin Faucher RP
46 7 Bryan Abreu RP
47 7 Cade Smith RP
48 8 Jason Adam RP
49 8 Michael Kopech RP
50 8 Ben Brown SP/RP
51 8 Ben Joyce RP
52 8 Matt Strahm RP
53 8 Camilo Doval RP
54 8 Hayden Wesneski SP/RP
55 8 Seth Halvorsen RP
56 8 David Robertson RP
57 8 Jeremiah Estrada RP
58 8 Kevin Ginkel RP
59 8 Tyler Holton SP/RP
60 8 Robert Garcia RP
61 8 Jesus Tinoco RP
62 8 Prelander Berroa RP
63 8 Justin Slaten RP
64 8 Yimi Garcia RP
65 8 Paul Sewald RP
66 9 Evan Phillips RP
67 9 Chad Green RP
68 9 A.J. Minter RP
69 9 Andrew Kittredge RP
70 9 Tony Santillan RP
71 9 Hunter Gaddis RP
72 9 Joel Payamps RP
73 9 Jose Leclerc RP
74 10 Beau Brieske RP
75 10 Brant Hurter RP
76 10 Aaron Ashby RP
77 10 Jordan Hicks RP
78 10 Mason Montgomery RP
79 10 Tommy Kahnle RP
80 10 Derek Law RP
81 10 Jose Butto SP/RP
82 10 Jose A. Ferrer RP
83 10 Andre Pallante SP/RP
84 10 Jose Alvarado RP
85 10 Will Vest RP
86 10 Bryan Hudson RP
87 10 Hunter Harvey RP
88 10 Dylan Lee RP
89 10 Keegan Akin RP
90 10 Cole Sands RP
91 10 Alex Vesia RP
92 10 Pierce Johnson RP
93 10 Tyler Kinley RP
94 10 Kevin Kelly RP
95 10 Manuel Rodriguez RP
96 10 Osvaldo Bido SP/RP
97 11 Craig Kimbrel RP
98 11 Andrew Nardi RP
99 11 Reed Garrett RP
100 11 Jakob Junis SP/RP
101 11 Gregory Santos RP
102 11 Garrett Cleavinger RP
103 11 Hector Neris RP
104 11 Anthony Bender RP
105 11 Seranthony Dominguez RP
106 11 Fernando Cruz RP
107 11 Matt Brash RP
108 11 Brock Stewart RP
109 11 Yennier Cano RP
110 11 Steven Matz SP/RP
111 11 DL Hall SP/RP
112 11 Craig Yoho RP
113 11 Ryan Zeferjahn RP
114 11 Abner Uribe RP
115 11 Jorge Alcala RP
116 11 Erik Miller RP
117 12 Michel Otanez RP
118 12 Jacob Webb RP
119 12 Aaron Bummer RP
120 12 Erik Swanson RP
121 12 Dedniel Nunez RP
122 12 Yuki Matsui RP
123 12 Dennis Santana RP
124 12 Nate Pearson RP
125 12 Adrian Morejon RP
126 12 Tanner Banks RP
127 12 Tyson Miller RP
128 12 Jared Koenig SP/RP
129 12 Adbert Alzolay RP
130 12 Taylor Rogers RP
131 12 Robert Stephenson RP
132 12 James Karinchak RP
133 12 Martin Perez SP/RP
134 12 Mark Leiter Jr. RP
135 12 Ian Hamilton RP
136 13 Hunter Bigge RP
137 13 Matthew Liberatore SP/RP
138 13 Colin Poche RP
139 13 Tim Herrin RP
140 13 JoJo Romero RP
141 13 Nick Sandlin RP
142 13 Trent Thornton RP
143 13 Danny Young RP
144 13 Tyler Ferguson RP
145 13 Ryan Brasier RP
146 13 Justin Anderson RP
147 13 Ryne Stanek RP
148 13 Danny Coulombe RP
149 13 Caleb Kilian RP


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