Jorge Montanez breaks down the last week in saves and middle relievers on the rise in the latest closer report.

2025 Fantasy Baseball Closer Rankings We are officially a few days away from Opening Day in the MLB. It is time for the first official Closer Report of the season.

Major League Baseball reversed a multi-year trend in 2023 when most teams opted to have a consistent closer. A dozen men blew past the 30-save plateau, with another 11 hurlers accumulating more ...

Right now it's looking like a wise move, and even had Pitching Ninja deem the new A's closer "the most electric pitcher in baseball." Mason Miller, Obliterating the Side.

Mike Axisa: All the guys who have held the "best closer in baseball" title the last few years have struggled this season. Emmanuel Clase, Edwin Díaz, Devin Williams, etc.

The closer stability from last season has impacted ’24 drafts, as managers have a greater pool of reliable options than in recent years. [ Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Baseball league for the ...

His teammate Tim Hill got into trouble in the top of the eighth inning, and manager Aaron Boone didn’t hesitate to call Weaver to get him out of trouble. He did just that, pitching 1.2 frames ...

J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los ...

The story of the Major League Baseball closer is not unlike the story of man. It's an evolutionary saga. A few years back, an asteroid fell to earth. When it cracked open, humanoid apes crawled ...

Column: Adbert Alzolay has emerged as the Chicago Cubs closer — even if no one wants to call him that Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook; ...