Fantasy Baseball Saves Plus Holds Rankings & Advice (2025)

Each week during the season, I take a look at the reliever landscape to aid with waiver wire and trade decisions. A lot has happened since my last post on the eve of the trade deadline.

Fantasy Baseball Saves + Holds League Advice

Saves + Holds Leaders

Here are the top 14 healthy relievers in total saves plus holds (SV+H) through August 6th.

Player	Team	SV+H
Robert Suarez	SDP	32
Abner Uribe	MIL	31
Josh Hader	HOU	28
Carlos Estevez	KCR	28
Jason Adam	SDP	27
Tony Santillan	CIN	27
Jeremiah Estrada	SDP	27
Jeff Hoffman	TOR	26
Trevor Megill	MIL	26
Emilio Pagan	CIN	26
Andres Munoz	SEA	25
Alex Vesia	LAD	25
Aroldis Chapman	BOS	25

Takeaways

The Padres made a lot of noise at the trade deadline, but Robert Suarez remains top dog in the bullpen. He’s picked up two saves and a win since acquiring Mason Miller, without allowing a run. Mason Miller is probably the closer of the future for the Padres, unless they decide to try him in the rotation, but they can’t remove the league leader in saves from the role right now.
Emilio Pagan and Tony Santillan have been two of the biggest reliever surprises this year. Pagan’s put up a 2.98 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 10.6 K/9. Santillan has a similar line with a 2.56 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 8.7 K/9. They’ve combined for 27 saves and three wins across 101 innings.
The number of high-quality relievers the Dodgers have on the injured list (IL) is ridiculous. However, Alex Vesia has remained a constant this year. His 2.33 ERA ranks sixth among the group above, while his 0.86 WHIP ranks third. His 12.2 K/9 is the second highest of his career.

Saves + Holds Reliever Rankings

Rank	Player	Team	Change
1	Josh Hader	HOU	–
2	Robert Suarez	SDP	–
3	Edwin Diaz	NYM	–
4	Andres Munoz	SEA	–
5	Cade Smith	CLE	–
6	Abner Uribe	MIL	–
7	Jhoan Duran	PHI	+3
8	Bryan Abreu	HOU	+1
9	Alex Vesia	LAD	+8
10	Aroldis Chapman	BOS	+2
11	Mason Miller	SDP	-3
12	Daniel Palencia	CHC	+2
13	Carlos Estevez	KCR	–
14	Griffin Jax	TBR	+1
15	Jeff Hoffman	TOR	+1
16	Jason Adam	SDP	-5
17	Devin Williams	NYY	-10
18	Trevor Megill	MIL	–
19	Luke Weaver	NYY	+4
20	Emilio Pagan	CIN	–
21	Phil Maton	TEX	+6
22	Randy Rodriguez	SFG	UN
23	Kyle Finnegan	DET	+10
24	Hunter Gaddis	CLE	+1
25	Tony Santillan	CIN	+3
26	David Bednar	NYY	+10
27	Ryan Helsley	NYM	-1
28	Jeremiah Estrada	SDP	-7
29	Lucas Erceg	KCR	-7
30	Robert Garcia	TEX	-6
31	JoJo Romero	STL	UN
32	Camilo Doval	NYY	-13
33	Bryan King	HOU	-4
34	Matt Strahm	PHI	-2
35	Will Vest	DET	-5
36	Matt Brash	SEA	+3
37	Reed Garrett	NYM	-3
38	Brendon Little	TOR	–
39	Dennis Santana	PIT	UN
40	Anthony Bender	MIA	-5

Biggest Risers

Randy Rodriguez (RP – SF) | Unranked

Randy Rodriguez stepped into the closer role after Camilo Doval was traded to the Yankees. He has been unbelievable this season, but has been behind Doval and Ryan Walker in the pecking order. On the season, he has a 1.54 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and 12.3 K/9. In save-only leagues, his value took a major boost.

Kyle Finnegan (RP – DET) | +10

Kyle Finnegan was traded to the Tigers and is all of a sudden a great pitcher again. In two games with his new team, he’s allowed zero runs or walks, one hit, struck out three and recorded two saves in 2.1 innings. Will Vest took a blown save on the day Finnegan was acquired, and it looks like bad timing on his part.

Biggest Fallers

Devin Williams (RP – NYY) | -10

Oh, what to do with Devin Williams. He struggled to start the year and was usurped by Luke Weaver. Then Weaver dealt with injuries, and Williams resumed the role. The Yankees added two high-level relievers at the trade deadline in David Bednar and Camilo Doval to further muddy the waters.

In Williams’ last 3.2 innings across four outings, two before the trade deadline and two since, he’s allowed six runs. In those 3.2 innings, he’s walked four batters while striking out only two and giving up two homers. The Yankees are fighting for a Wild Card spot and have too many options to keep him in the closer’s role.

Jeremiah Estrada (RP – SD) | -7

It’s not you, Jeremiah Estrada, it’s me. With the Padres acquiring Mason Miller at the deadline and not moving Robert Suarez, it’s a very crowded bullpen. The Padres and Yankees are the only bullpens with four relievers in the top 40, and that’s for good reason. It’s pretty hard for a team to win enough games and have enough bullpen innings for that many pitchers to be relevant.

In three appearances since the trade deadline, Estrada allowed one run while striking out seven in three innings. He will still see his chances, but there’s just a little more doubt about how often he’s used.