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With the new era of baseball and MLB rule changes, relief pitchers are becoming more important than ever for building a winning fantasy baseball team. It's key to know who the best bullpen arms are, and below you'll see our take on that with our MLB team's updated 2024 fantasy baseball closers and relief pitcher (RP) rankings.
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Closer and Reliever Fantasy Baseball News and Injuries
- Kevin Ginkel Likely To Open As D-Backs' Closer
- White Sox Have Yet Name To Name A Closer
- Paul Sewald Heading To Injured List
- Jordan Romano, Erik Swanson Could Start Season On Injured List
- Jhoan Duran To Begin Season On Injured List
- Kyle Finnegan Feels Great After Thursday's Outing
- Hunter Harvey Continues His Strong Spring
- Cubs Not Committing To Any Bullpen Roles
- David Bednar To Throw A Bullpen On Friday
- Robert Stephenson Feeling More Shoulder "Discomfort"
- Trevor Stephan To Undergo Tommy John Surgery
- Clay Holmes Still The Yankees Closer
- Paul Sewald Using A Changeup This Spring
- Brewers Won't Name A Defined Closer To Fill In For Devin Williams
Updated Fantasy Baseball Closer and Reliever Rankings
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| RP Tier | RP Ranking | Player Name | Pos | Overall |
| 1 | 1 | Josh Hader | RP | 50 |
| 1 | 2 | Edwin Diaz | RP | 53 |
| 2 | 3 | Emmanuel Clase | RP | 64 |
| 2 | 4 | Camilo Doval | RP | 70 |
| 2 | 5 | Raisel Iglesias | RP | 79 |
| 2 | 6 | Andres Munoz | RP | 86 |
| 2 | 7 | Cole Ragans | SP/RP | 89 |
| 2 | 8 | David Bednar | RP | 92 |
| 3 | 9 | Pete Fairbanks | RP | 95 |
| 3 | 10 | Alexis Diaz | RP | 105 |
| 4 | 11 | Michael King | SP/RP | 109 |
| 4 | 12 | Ryan Helsley | RP | 113 |
| 4 | 13 | Evan Phillips | RP | 114 |
| 4 | 14 | Jordan Romano | RP | 116 |
| 4 | 15 | Tanner Scott | RP | 117 |
| 5 | 16 | Clay Holmes | RP | 120 |
| 5 | 17 | Craig Kimbrel | RP | 142 |
| 5 | 18 | Kenley Jansen | RP | 149 |
| 5 | 19 | Adbert Alzolay | RP | 159 |
| 5 | 20 | Nick Pivetta | SP/RP | 163 |
| 5 | 21 | Jose Alvarado | RP | 169 |
| 5 | 22 | Jhoan Duran | RP | 176 |
| 5 | 23 | Ryan Pepiot | SP/RP | 179 |
| 6 | 24 | Louie Varland | SP/RP | 196 |
| 6 | 25 | A.J. Puk | SP/RP | 208 |
| 6 | 26 | Mason Miller | SP/RP | 209 |
| 6 | 27 | Alex Lange | RP | 225 |
| 6 | 28 | Jose Leclerc | RP | 242 |
| 6 | 29 | Robert Suarez | RP | 244 |
| 6 | 30 | Kyle Finnegan | RP | 249 |
| 6 | 31 | Kutter Crawford | SP/RP | 251 |
| 6 | 32 | Paul Sewald | RP | 252 |
| 6 | 33 | Griffin Jax | RP | 255 |
| 6 | 34 | Carlos Estevez | RP | 256 |
| 6 | 35 | Yuki Matsui | RP | 271 |
| 6 | 36 | Robert Stephenson | RP | 279 |
| 7 | 37 | Jason Adam | RP | 280 |
| 7 | 38 | Aroldis Chapman | RP | 285 |
| 7 | 39 | Hunter Harvey | RP | 292 |
| 7 | 40 | Ryan Pressly | RP | 309 |
| 7 | 41 | Matt Brash | RP | 316 |
| 7 | 42 | Tyler Wells | SP/RP | 320 |
| 7 | 43 | Devin Williams | RP | 325 |
| 7 | 44 | Jordan Hicks | RP | 329 |
| 7 | 45 | Joel Payamps | RP | 330 |
| 7 | 46 | Sean Manaea | SP/RP | 331 |
| 7 | 47 | Steven Matz | SP/RP | 333 |
| 7 | 48 | William Smith | RP | 335 |
| 7 | 49 | Kevin Ginkel | RP | 336 |
| 7 | 50 | Seth Lugo | RP | 337 |
| 7 | 51 | DL Hall | RP | 345 |
| 7 | 52 | Andrew Heaney | SP/RP | 346 |
| 8 | 53 | Yennier Cano | RP | 347 |
| 8 | 54 | Brusdar Graterol | RP | 349 |
| 8 | 55 | Bryan Abreu | RP | 360 |
| 8 | 56 | Trevor Megill | RP | 362 |
| 8 | 57 | David Robertson | RP | 366 |
| 8 | 58 | Chase Silseth | SP/RP | 373 |
| 8 | 59 | Reynaldo Lopez | RP | 375 |
| 8 | 60 | Abner Uribe | RP | 385 |
| 8 | 61 | John Brebbia | SP/RP | 386 |
| 8 | 62 | Erik Swanson | RP | 389 |
| 8 | 63 | A.J. Minter | RP | 392 |
| 8 | 64 | Michael Kopech | SP/RP | 396 |
| 9 | 65 | James McArthur | RP | 402 |
| 9 | 66 | Garrett Whitlock | SP/RP | 403 |
| 9 | 67 | Andrew Nardi | RP | 409 |
| 9 | 68 | Garrett Crochet | SP/RP | 410 |
| 8 | 69 | Chris Martin | RP | 412 |
| 8 | 70 | Giovanny Gallegos | RP | 418 |
| 8 | 71 | Hector Neris | RP | 425 |
| 8 | 72 | Dane Dunning | SP/RP | 426 |
| 8 | 73 | Matt Strahm | SP/RP | 427 |
| 8 | 74 | Justin Lawrence | RP | 430 |
| 8 | 75 | Brock Stewart | RP | 435 |
| 9 | 76 | Aaron Ashby | SP/RP | 440 |
| 9 | 77 | Chad Green | RP | 445 |
| 9 | 78 | Josh Winckowski | RP | 446 |
| 9 | 79 | Jeff Hoffman | RP | 448 |
| 9 | 80 | Zack Littell | SP/RP | 454 |
| 9 | 81 | Scott Barlow | RP | 471 |
| 9 | 82 | Steven Wilson | RP | 477 |
| 9 | 83 | Orion Kerkering | RP | 478 |
| 9 | 84 | Jhony Brito | SP/RP | 479 |
| 9 | 85 | Ross Stripling | SP/RP | 481 |
| 9 | 86 | Colin Poche | RP | 487 |
| 9 | 87 | Javier Assad | SP/RP | 488 |
| 9 | 88 | Julian Merryweather | RP | 490 |
| 9 | 89 | Joe Kelly | RP | 491 |
| 9 | 90 | Jeffrey Springs | SP/RP | 494 |
| 9 | 91 | Gregory Santos | RP | 496 |
| 9 | 92 | Prelander Berroa | RP | 499 |
| 9 | 93 | Cole Irvin | SP/RP | 500 |
| 10 | 94 | Tyler Kinley | RP | 504 |
| 10 | 95 | Dany Jimenez | RP | 507 |
| 10 | 96 | Ian Hamilton | RP | 508 |
| 10 | 97 | Jonathan Loaisiga | RP | 510 |
| 10 | 98 | Jordan Leasure | RP | 512 |
| 10 | 99 | David Peterson | SP/RP | 513 |
| 10 | 100 | Lucas Erceg | RP | 517 |
| 10 | 101 | Seranthony Dominguez | RP | 518 |
| 10 | 102 | Hayden Wesneski | SP/RP | 520 |
| 10 | 103 | Daniel Hudson | RP | 530 |
| 10 | 104 | Shelby Miller | RP | 532 |
| 10 | 105 | Josh Sborz | RP | 533 |
| 10 | 106 | Aaron Bummer | RP | 535 |
| 10 | 107 | John Schreiber | RP | 536 |
| 10 | 108 | Jason Foley | RP | 539 |
| 10 | 109 | Joe Jimenez | RP | 540 |
| 10 | 110 | Yimi Garcia | RP | 541 |
| 11 | 111 | Brooks Raley | RP | 542 |
| 11 | 112 | Hoby Milner | RP | 545 |
| 11 | 113 | Tommy Kahnle | RP | 548 |
| 11 | 114 | Adam Ottavino | RP | 550 |
| 11 | 115 | Kirby Yates | RP | 557 |
| 11 | 116 | Taylor Rogers | RP | 558 |
| 11 | 117 | JoJo Romero | RP | 561 |
| 11 | 118 | Enyel De Los Santos | RP | 562 |
| 11 | 119 | Gregory Soto | RP | 563 |
| 11 | 120 | Nick Martinez | SP/RP | 564 |
| 11 | 121 | Will Vest | RP | 567 |
| 11 | 122 | Drew Smyly | SP/RP | 569 |
| 11 | 123 | Jose Urquidy | SP/RP | 572 |
| 11 | 124 | Luis Medina | SP/RP | 574 |
| 11 | 125 | Jakob Junis | RP | 577 |
| 11 | 126 | Lucas Sims | RP | 578 |
| 11 | 127 | Anthony Bender | RP | 579 |
| 11 | 128 | Nick Sandlin | RP | 580 |
| 11 | 129 | John McMillon | RP | 585 |
| 11 | 130 | Andrew Kittredge | RP | 586 |
| 12 | 131 | Alex Vesia | RP | 589 |
| 12 | 132 | Randy Vasquez | SP/RP | 593 |
| 12 | 133 | Phil Maton | RP | 594 |
| 12 | 134 | Matt Moore | RP | 595 |
| 12 | 135 | Tim Mayza | RP | 596 |
| 12 | 136 | Dillon Tate | RP | 597 |
| 12 | 137 | Caleb Thielbar | RP | 598 |
| 12 | 138 | Sean Reid-Foley | RP | 599 |
| 12 | 139 | Pierce Johnson | RP | 600 |
| 12 | 140 | Shawn Armstrong | SP/RP | 605 |
| 12 | 141 | Gabe Speier | RP | 606 |
| 12 | 142 | Sam Hentges | RP | 607 |
| 12 | 143 | Wandy Peralta | RP | 608 |
| 12 | 144 | Brock Burke | RP | 609 |
| 12 | 145 | Danny Coulombe | RP | 611 |
| 12 | 146 | Caleb Ferguson | SP/RP | 615 |
| 12 | 147 | Eli Morgan | RP | 617 |
| 12 | 148 | Nate Pearson | RP | 618 |
| 12 | 149 | Mark Leiter Jr. | RP | 619 |
| 12 | 150 | Woo-Suk Go | RP | 620 |
| 12 | 151 | Tyler Holton | SP/RP | 622 |
| 12 | 152 | Ryan Walker | RP | 625 |
| 12 | 153 | Michael Grove | SP/RP | 628 |
| 12 | 154 | Garrett Cleavinger | RP | 631 |
| 12 | 155 | Kevin Kelly | RP | 634 |
| 12 | 156 | Ryan Brasier | RP | 636 |
| 12 | 157 | Andrew Chafin | RP | 637 |
| 12 | 158 | Scott McGough | RP | 638 |
| 12 | 159 | Roansy Contreras | SP/RP | 643 |
| 12 | 160 | J.P. Feyereisen | RP | 652 |
| 12 | 161 | Shintaro Fujinami | SP/RP | 670 |
| 12 | 162 | Blake Treinen | RP | 672 |
| 12 | 163 | Matthew Liberatore | SP/RP | 685 |
| 12 | 164 | Jorge Lopez | RP | 693 |
| 12 | 165 | Kody Funderburk | RP | 697 |
| 12 | 166 | Ryan Yarbrough | SP/RP | 713 |
| 12 | 167 | Martin Perez | SP/RP | 716 |
| 12 | 168 | James Karinchak | RP | 725 |
| 12 | 169 | Tom Cosgrove | RP | 730 |
| 12 | 170 | Daniel Bard | RP | 734 |
| 12 | 171 | Ben Joyce | RP | 735 |
| 12 | 172 | Dylan Floro | RP | 736 |
| 12 | 173 | Bryan Shaw | RP | 740 |
| 12 | 174 | Cody Poteet | SP/RP | 741 |
| 12 | 175 | Jesse Chavez | RP | 743 |
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