The Saves Index is a ranking of the top 50 relievers, based solely on their potential to earn saves from the present through the remainder of the season. In a case where two relievers have similar saves potential, the additional standard roto categories will be used to differentiate them. For relievers on this list that don't currently have a closer role, they are ranked by the likelihood of ascending to their team's closer role because of the volatility of the team's current closer.
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| Saves Index: Top 50 relievers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Stock | |
| 1. Mariano Rivera | NYY | Still perfect on save opps, still sporting sub-2.00 ERA. Ridiculous | |
| 2. Craig Kimbrel | ATL | ||
| 3. Jason Grilli | PIT | Dude should probably start the All-Star game. Grilli has 17 saves already, with 31 Ks in 19.2 IP | |
| 4. Jonathan Papelbon | PHI | ||
| 5. Aroldis Chapman | CIN | When you're giving up back-to-back homers to Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis, something is up | |
| 6. Rafael Soriano | WAS | Liss tried to trade for him in the F&F league, so you know he's quality | |
| 7. Sergio Romo | SFO | ||
| 8. Joe Nathan | TEX | ||
| 9. Edward Mujica | STL | ||
| 10. Kenley Jansen | LAD | OK, we're overruling Mattingly. This index does not officially recognize League as closer | |
| 11. Tom Wilhelmsen | SEA | ||
| 12. Addison Reed | CHW | ||
| 13. Casey Janssen | TOR | ||
| 14. Huston Street | SDG | ||
| 15. Glen Perkins | MIN | ||
| 16. Rafael Betancourt | COL | ||
| 17. Grant Balfour | OAK | ||
| 18. Chris Perez | CLE | Allowed two bombs in Saturday blown save | |
| 19. Fernando Rodney | TAM | Pitched a much-needed clean inning in Sunday save | |
| 20. Greg Holland | KAN | ||
| 21. Jim Johnson | BAL | Opponents have hit him like a pinata in last two outings (1.1 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, HR, 2 BB, 0 K) | |
| 22. Jim Henderson | MIL | ||
| 23. Bobby Parnell | NYM | ||
| 24. Ernesto Frieri | LAA | ||
| 25. Andrew Bailey | BOS | Set to return from DL, should reclaim the ninth almost immediately | |
| 26. Jose Valverde | DET | ||
| 27. Kevin Gregg | CHC | ||
| 28. Heath Bell | ARI | ||
| 29. Jose Veras | HOU | ||
| 30. Steve Cishek | MIA | ||
| 31. Mike Dunn | MIA | Closed the deal on Sunday with a one-out save on Sunday, in relief of the struggling Cishek | |
| 32. Brandon League | LAD | Make. It. Stop. | |
| 33. Darren O'Day | BAL | ||
| 34. Vinnie Pestano | CLE | ||
| 35. Joel Peralta | TAM | ||
| 36. David Hernandez | ARI | ||
| 37. Koji Uehara | BOS | ||
| 38. Aaron Crow | KAN | ||
| 39. Junichi Tazawa | BOS | ||
| 40. Luke Gregerson | SDG | ||
| 41. Ryan Madson | LAA | ||
| 42. Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | ||
| 43. Trevor Rosenthal | STL | ||
| 44. Ryan Cook | OAK | ||
| 45. Dale Thayer | SDG | ||
| 46. Matt Reynolds | ARI | ||
| 47. Mark Melancon | PIT | ||
| 48. David Robertson | NYY | ||
| 49. Sean Doolittle | OAK | ||
| 50. Wesley Wright | HOU | ||
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