is already throwing<\/a>. Hodge (10% rostered) would likely reclaim the role once he returns, while Ryan Pressly (58%) continues to work in middle relief.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Dodgers<\/p>\n
Tanner Scott recorded just his second save over the last month Wednesday, but he remains the heavy favorite to close in Los Angeles. He owns 10 of the team\u2019s 17 saves, but no other Dodgers reliever has more than two saves (Blake Treinen, who\u2019s on the 60-day IL). Scott has struggled with control throughout his career, but he sports a 25:1 K:BB ratio and a 0.81 WHIP this season. Los Angeles will continue to mix-and-match in the ninth inning at times, but Scott looks dominant, and his lack of saves over the past four weeks was bad luck.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n
Jordan Romano (70% rostered) is pitching great and should receive more save chances with Jos\u00e9 Alvarado suspended 80 games. Romano has tossed nine straight scoreless innings with a 0.44 WHIP and a 13:1 K:BB ratio. He\u2019s recorded four saves over the last 11 days and has the upside to be a top-10 fantasy closer moving forward (if not higher).<\/p>\n
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Pittsburgh Pirates<\/p>\n
Dennis Santana got Pittsburgh\u2019s save Wednesday with David Bednar having pitched back-to-back days. This closing situation appears to be matchup based, with Bednar being used more when the middle of the order is due up. While high-leverage use makes sense for the Pirates, a timeshare on a team with just 17 wins is bad news for fantasy.<\/p>\n
Texas Rangers<\/p>\n
Luke Jackson (34% rostered) blew a save Wednesday, and he hasn\u2019t recorded a save since April 25. He remains the favorite for saves in Texas\u2019 bullpen, but Jackson sports a 1.57 WHIP and a lowly 7.7 K-BB% this season. Shawn Armstrong (2%) picked up a couple of saves while Jackson was sidelined with a swollen hand recently, and he appears next in line should the Rangers make a switch. Chris Martin has been great, but he\u2019s on the IL with shoulder fatigue and was being used in only high-leverage situations. The Rangers are likely to trade for a closer this summer.<\/p>\n
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Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n
Jeff Hoffman has watched his ERA spike from 1.10 to 6.04 over the last 16 days. He\u2019s also recorded three saves and a win over that span, and his peripheral stats remain incredibly strong. Hoffman owns a 1.82 SIERA, a 31.0 K-BB% and a 33.6% CSW. He should be fine, but Yimi Garc\u00eda is next in line to close should Hoffman\u2019s recent struggles continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fantasy baseball analyst Dalton Del Don scans for save sources and provides updates on evolving bullpen situations. Arizona…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,47,5,1692,24,9977,888,1100,1108,38,39,584,380,1098,1104,651,774,443,4,25,64,889,15064,411,15063,2099,10630,849,1089,69,70,3716],"class_list":{"0":"post-49019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baltimore-orioles","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-blake-treinen","14":"tag-chicago-cubs","15":"tag-chris-martin","16":"tag-daniel-palencia","17":"tag-david-bednar","18":"tag-dennis-santana","19":"tag-diamondbacks","20":"tag-dodgers","21":"tag-felix-bautista","22":"tag-jeff-hoffman","23":"tag-jordan-romano","24":"tag-jose-alvarado","25":"tag-justin-martinez","26":"tag-los-angeles","27":"tag-luke-jackson","28":"tag-mlb","29":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","30":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","31":"tag-porter-hodge","32":"tag-puk","33":"tag-ryan-pressly","34":"tag-save-opportunities","35":"tag-scoreless-innings","36":"tag-shawn-armstrong","37":"tag-shelby-miller","38":"tag-tanner-scott","39":"tag-texas-rangers","40":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","41":"tag-yahoo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}