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Updated Fantasy Baseball Closers and Relief Pitcher Rankings - 2023 Roto League Drafts: Devin Williams, Alex Lange, David Robertson

Devin Williams - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Relief Pitchers, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News Updates

2023 fantasy closers rankings and relief pitchers for roto 5x5 mixed leagues as of March 23, 2023. Use our RP rankings, tiers and analysis to win your fantasy baseball drafts.

Draft season is upon us, and we'll be releasing updated rankings constantly! In this article below, you'll find our MLB team's updated 2023 fantasy baseball closers and relief pitcher rankings for roto leagues and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues as of March 17. This is an exciting time of year for MLB and fantasy baseball fans, as the MLB season is getting closer, and a full year of fantasy baseball lies ahead. We're here to ensure you crush your drafts, win your leagues, and earn those bragging rights.

More teams are shying away from using a traditional closer, making it tough for fantasy managers to accumulate the category saves. Teams either use a closer-by-committee or their top reliever in high-leverage situations. The Rays, for example, logged 44 saves between 11 pitchers, with Jason Adam and Pete Fairbanks tying for a team-high eight saves in 2022. Cleveland Guardians right-hander Emmanuel Clase and Boston Red Sox right-hander Kenley Jansen were the only two relievers to notch over 40 saves last season. New York Mets reliever Edwin Diaz (knee) will undergo surgery on Thursday to fix a right patellar tendon injury and is out for the season, while Atlanta Braves reliever Raisel Iglesias (shoulder) will start the season on the injured list with low-grade right shoulder inflammation, making the closer position even more volatile. A few solidified options remain, but the list gets pretty dicey once the top 10 relievers are off the board. We're here to help sort it out with our 2023 fantasy baseball rankings. Let's see where key relievers like Devin Williams, Clay Holmes, Andres Munoz, Alex Lange, David Robertson, and Jose Leclerc rank, among others.

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Fantasy Baseball Closers and Relief Pitcher Rankings - Roto Leagues

The staff rankings are for roto leagues and standard 5x5 categories. They are always updated on our fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. Nick Mariano was named the #1 overall most accurate industry expert ranker for the 2018 season, and Ariel Cohen was #1 overall for the 2019 season.

Last updated on Thursday 3/23 at 8:00 pm ET:

 RP Tier RP Ranking Player Name Pos Overall
1 1 Emmanuel Clase RP 38
1 2 Josh Hader RP 52
2 3 Cristian Javier SP/RP 54
2 4 Jordan Romano RP 58
2 5 Ryan Pressly RP 62
2 6 Devin Williams RP 63
2 7 Ryan Helsley RP 72
2 8 Felix Bautista RP 74
3 9 Kenley Jansen RP 98
3 10 Nestor Cortes Jr. SP/RP 105
4 11 David Bednar RP 110
4 12 Camilo Doval RP 111
4 13 Clay Holmes RP 115
4 14 Raisel Iglesias RP 126
4 15 Andres Munoz RP 143
5 16 Jhoan Duran RP 151
5 17 Scott Barlow RP 158
5 18 Pete Fairbanks RP 159
5 19 Jeffrey Springs SP/RP 163
5 20 Alexis Diaz RP 164
5 21 Daniel Bard RP 169
5 22 Paul Sewald RP 176
5 23 David Robertson RP 183
6 24 Hunter Brown RP 184
6 25 Alex Lange RP 204
6 26 Evan Phillips RP 209
6 27 Jose Leclerc RP 215
6 28 A.J. Minter RP 226
6 29 Seranthony Dominguez RP 232
6 30 Jason Adam RP 235
6 31 Adam Ottavino RP 236
6 32 Kyle Finnegan RP 247
6 33 David Peterson SP/RP 257
6 34 Jorge Lopez RP 259
6 35 Zach Eflin SP/RP 265
6 36 Garrett Whitlock SP/RP 271
7 37 Daniel Hudson RP 273
7 38 Steven Matz SP/RP 274
7 39 Craig Kimbrel RP 280
7 40 Taylor Rogers RP 291
7 41 Kendall Graveman RP 292
7 42 Ross Stripling SP/RP 296
7 43 Aaron Ashby SP/RP 300
7 44 Dylan Floro RP 302
7 45 Trevor May RP 303
7 46 Giovanny Gallegos RP 304
7 47 Tanner Houck SP/RP 311
7 48 Carlos Estevez RP 317
7 49 Reynaldo Lopez RP 323
7 50 A.J. Puk RP 329
7 51 Michael Fulmer RP 334
7 52 Brusdar Graterol RP 335
8 53 Michael King RP 338
8 54 Clarke Schmidt SP/RP 346
8 55 Rafael Montero RP 351
8 56 James Karinchak RP 353
8 57 Joe Jimenez RP 357
8 58 Andrew Chafin RP 366
8 59 Collin McHugh RP 376
8 60 Jose Alvarado RP 382
8 61 Tylor Megill SP/RP 390
8 62 John Schreiber RP 397
8 63 Adbert Alzolay RP 406
8 64 Dylan Lee RP 408
9 65 Dylan Coleman RP 411
9 66 Jalen Beeks SP/RP 414
9 67 Erik Swanson RP 415
9 68 Joe Mantiply RP 417
9 69 Alex Vesia RP 418
9 70 Aroldis Chapman RP 422
9 71 Liam Hendriks RP 423
9 72 Chris Martin RP 424
9 73 Trevor Stephan RP 425
9 74 Jimmy Herget RP 426
9 75 Caleb Thielbar RP 427
9 76 Robert Suarez RP 428
9 77 Brad Boxberger RP 429
10 78 Luis Garcia (RP) RP 431
10 79 Bryan Abreu RP 433
10 80 Scott McGough RP 444
10 81 Matt Brash SP/RP 447
10 82 Gregory Soto RP 451
10 83 Nick Martinez SP/RP 453
10 84 Yimi Garcia RP 455
10 85 Matthew Boyd RP 456
10 86 Brock Burke RP 459
10 87 Aaron Bummer RP 466
10 88 Jovani Moran RP 476
10 89 Joe Kelly RP 477
10 90 Anthony Bass RP 478
10 91 Dany Jimenez RP 479
10 92 Hunter Harvey RP 488
10 93 Steven Okert RP 489
10 94 Jonathan Loaisiga RP 491
11 95 Brandon Hughes RP 492
11 96 Tim Mayza RP 493
11 97 Ron Marinaccio RP 495
11 98 Tanner Scott RP 496
11 99 Caleb Ferguson RP 501
11 100 Colin Poche RP 502
11 101 Tommy Kahnle RP 504
11 102 Zach Jackson RP 505
11 103 Kevin Ginkel RP 507
11 104 Garrett Crochet RP 511
11 105 Diego Castillo (RP) RP 514
11 106 Yusei Kikuchi SP/RP 517
12 107 Hector Neris RP 518
12 108 Penn Murfee RP 519
12 109 Yonny Chirinos SP/RP 520
12 110 Seth Lugo RP 522
12 111 Connor Brogdon RP 524
12 112 Domingo Acevedo RP 527
12 113 Adam Cimber RP 531
12 114 Keegan Thompson SP/RP 537
12 115 Tejay Antone RP 540
12 116 Jakob Junis SP/RP 541
12 117 Garrett Cleavinger RP 543
13 118 Tyler Wells RP 545
13 119 Emilio Pagan RP 546
13 120 Drew Smith RP 551
13 121 Eli Morgan RP 557
13 122 Enyel De Los Santos RP 559
13 123 Luis Ortiz RP 560
13 124 Adrian Morejon RP 566
13 125 DL Hall RP 573
13 126 Sam Hentges RP 574
14 127 Jordan Hicks SP/RP 580
14 128 Mark Melancon RP 581
14 129 Bryan Baker RP 583
14 130 Matt Bush SP/RP 586
14 131 Cionel Perez RP 587
14 132 Matthew Festa RP 589
14 133 Griffin Jax RP 590
14 134 Elieser Hernandez SP/RP 591
14 135 Matt Strahm RP 592
14 136 Ryan Thompson RP 600
14 137 Lucas Sims RP 601
14 138 Mychal Givens RP 602
14 139 Brooks Raley RP 606
14 140 Andrew Bellatti RP 608
14 141 Jake Cousins RP 611
14 142 Peter Strzelecki RP 612
14 143 Trey Wingenter RP 614
14 144 Phil Bickford RP 619
15 145 William Smith RP 623
15 146 Chris Flexen SP/RP 626
15 147 Jonathan Hernandez RP 629
15 148 Wandy Peralta RP 632
15 149 Andrew Kittredge RP 634
15 150 Matt Barnes RP 638
15 151 Aaron Loup RP 639
15 152 Dinelson Lamet RP 642
15 153 Jorge Alcala RP 644
15 154 Lou Trivino RP 645
15 155 JT Chargois SP/RP 647
15 156 Steven Wilson RP 649
15 157 Pierce Johnson RP 654
15 158 Drew Pomeranz RP 656
15 159 Joe Barlow RP 658
15 160 Corey Knebel RP 660
15 161 Trevor Gott RP 661
15 162 Nabil Crismatt RP 663
15 163 Kutter Crawford SP/RP 664
15 164 Seth Martinez RP 667
15 165 Rowan Wick RP 668
15 166 Kevin Kelly RP 671
15 167 Nick Sandlin RP 672
15 168 Hoby Milner RP 675
15 169 Shawn Dubin SP/RP 676
15 170 Mitch White SP/RP 677
15 171 Ryan Tepera RP 678
15 172 Austin Gomber SP/RP 682
15 173 Kirby Yates RP 683
15 174 Ryan Yarbrough SP/RP 684
15 175 Dillon Tate RP 685
15 176 Shawn Armstrong SP/RP 688
15 177 Keegan Akin RP 689
15 178 Brandon Walter RP 690
15 179 Ryne Stanek RP 694
15 180 Chad Green RP 703
15 181 Yency Almonte RP 705
16 182 Jhony Brito SP/RP 706
16 183 Johan Oviedo SP/RP 709
16 184 Ken Giles RP 710
16 185 Alex Colome RP 712
16 186 Vince Velasquez SP/RP 715
16 187 Alex Reyes RP 717
16 188 Scott Alexander RP 718
16 189 Chris Clarke RP 720
16 190 Adrian Martinez SP/RP 722
16 191 Reiver Sanmartin SP/RP 724
16 192 Darius Vines RP 725
16 193 Jose Butto RP 729
16 194 Jarlin Garcia RP 732
16 195 Carl Edwards Jr. RP 733
16 196 Nick Vespi RP 735
16 197 Richard Rodriguez RP 737
16 198 Xzavion Curry SP/RP 738
16 199 Casey Sadler RP 743
16 200 Hunter Gaddis RP 748
16 201 Cody Stashak RP 749
16 202 Zach Brzykcy RP 760
16 203 Ben Joyce RP 762


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