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Fantasy Baseball Closer Report: Andres Munoz, Adam Ottavino, Jose Alvarado (2023)

Fantasy Baseball Closer Report: Andres Munoz, Adam Ottavino, Jose Alvarado (2023)

Welcome back to the latest edition of the “Closer Report.” We saw a few closers recently activated off the injured list (IL) this past week, leading to a number of uncertain situations with relievers returning from injuries. Those situations will be ones to monitor in the next couple of weeks.

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Fantasy Baseball Closer Report: Andres Munoz, Adam Ottavino, Jose Alvarado (2023)

Rank Team Closer Change Notes
1 Guardians 0 MLB-high 20 saves
2 Blue Jays 2
3 Orioles -1
4 Giants 1
5 Angels 2
6 Padres -3 Last save on May 25
7 Rangers 1
8 Mariners -2
9 Red Sox 0
10 Pirates 0
11 Braves 0
12 Astros 0
13 Reds 1
14 Twins Jhoan Duran 1
15 Brewers 1
16 Mets Committee -3
17 Rays 0
18 White Sox 5 First save for Hendriks on Tuesday
19 Cardinals Committee -1
20 Marlins 4 Activated off IL Tuesday
21 Phillies Committee 4
22 Dodgers Committee -3
23 Nationals -3
24 Rockies Committee -3
25 Yankees Committee -3
26 Diamondbacks Committee 0
27 Tigers 0
28 Royals 0
29 Cubs Committee 0
30 Athletics Committee 0

News and notes:

Liam Hendriks recorded his first save of the season last Tuesday. He did allow a solo home run to Josh Donaldson but otherwise held the Yankees in check to help the White Sox hold onto a one run win. It appears Hendriks is back in his primary closer role with Kendall Graveman in a set-up role.

Andres Munoz, A.J. Puk and Jose Alvarado were all recently activated off the IL.

Munoz pitched a 1-2-3 8th inning in his first game back with two strikeouts. It is likely he’ll rotate with Paul Sewald depending on the matchups who pitches the 8th and 9th innings.

Puk should take back his closer role in Miami, with Dylan Floro moving back to a set-up role. It is still worth monitoring, though, to see if that’s how the situation plays out.

We started to see Craig Kimbrel take over the closer role in the Phillies bullpen, so that’ll be a situation to monitor as Alvarado started to take over the role right before he landed on the IL.

The Mets are missing Edwin Diaz more than ever. After David Robertson opened the season as the closer and excelled, we’ve started to see Ottavino earn more save chances as of late.

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