Fantasy Baseball Saves Plus Holds Rankings & Advice (2026)

Each week during the fantasy baseball season, I take a look at the relief pitcher landscape to aid with waiver wire and trade decisions. Let’s see what’s changed in the last week.

Fantasy Baseball Saves + Holds League Advice

Saves + Holds Leaders

There are 13 pitchers with four or more saves plus holds (SV+H):

Player	Team	SV+H
David Bednar	NYY	5
Jordan Romano	LAA	4
Lucas Erceg	KCR	4
Mason Miller	SDP	4
Jhoan Duran	PHI	4
Ryan Helsley	BAL	4
Tony Santillan	CIN	4
Edwin Diaz	LAD	4
Emilio Pagan	CIN	4
Riley O’Brien	STL	4
Juan Morillo	ARI	4
Erik Sabrowski	CLE	4
Jakob Junis	TEX	4

Takeaways

Six pitchers on this list have yet to allow an earned run: Jordan Romano, Mason Miller, Tony Santillan, Riley O’Brien, Erik Sabrowski and Jakob Junis.
Eight pitchers were on the leaderboard after Week 1. It’ll be interesting to see if their managers will still go to them throughout the season.
David Bednar (8.4), Lucas Erceg (5.8), Juan Morillo (6.0) and Jakob Junis (5.1) are the only pitchers with less than a strikeout per inning. That gives them less room for error when there are runners on base.

Saves + Holds Reliever Rankings

Here are my top 40 relievers for saves plus holds leagues:

Rank	Player	Team	Change
1	Mason Miller	SDP	–
2	Edwin Diaz	LAD	–
3	Andres Munoz	SEA	–
4	Jhoan Duran	PHI	+1
5	Aroldis Chapman	BOS	+1
6	Cade Smith	CLE	-2
7	Abner Uribe	MIL	–
8	David Bednar	NYY	+2
9	Jeff Hoffman	TOR	–
10	Raisel Iglesias	ATL	+6
11	Ryan Helsley	BAL	–
12	Daniel Palencia	CHC	+3
13	Devin Williams	NYM	–
14	Kenley Jansen	DET	-2
15	Trevor Megill	MIL	+5
16	Ryan Walker	SFG	-2
17	Lucas Erceg	KCR	–
18	Emilio Pagan	CIN	–
19	Robert Suarez	ATL	+2
20	Riley O’Brien	STL	+7
21	Bryan Abreu	HOU	-13
22	Pete Fairbanks	MIA	-3
23	Jordan Romano	LAA	+6
24	Bryan Baker	TBR	–
25	Luke Weaver	NYM	-3
26	Matt Strahm	KCR	-1
27	Bryan King	HOU	+1
28	Tanner Scott	LAD	-5
29	JoJo Romero	STL	+3
30	Jeremiah Estrada	SDP	+4
31	Paul Sewald	ARI	+8
32	Camilo Doval	NYY	-6
33	Dennis Santana	PIT	-3
34	Matt Brash	SEA	-1
35	Will Vest	DET	–
36	Alex Vesia	LAD	–
37	Tony Santillan	CIN	UN
38	Erik Sabrowski	CLE	UN
39	Jakob Junis	TEX	UN
40	Shawn Armstrong	CLE	-2

Biggest Risers

Riley O’Brien (RP – STL) | +7

Riley O’Brien has been excellent this season. In 7.1 innings, he has a 0.00 ERA, 0.63 WHIP and 9.9 K/9 with three saves. He hasn’t allowed a single walk, and his strikeout rate is 30%. O’Brien has been elite thus far.

Jordan Romano (RP – LAA) | +6

Jordan Romano has yet to allow a single run or hit this season. He’s only allowed two walks in six appearances, leading to an impressive 0.40 WHIP.

It’s clearly not sustainable to not allow any hits at all, but if Romano can continue to suppress the walks, he can limit the damage.

Biggest Fallers

Bryan Abreu (RP – HOU) | -13

Bryan Abreu has been horrible in Josh Hader‘s absence. In four appearances, he’s only completed 2.2 innings, giving up four hits, including three homers, five walks and seven earned runs. His six strikeouts are the only bright spot in his line.

Abreu has been one of the most consistent relievers over the past four seasons, so it’s very possible he turns it around. However, for the time being, he’s hard to trust. I wouldn’t drop him in a saves plus holds league, but he can’t be started right now.

Griffin Jax (RP – TBR) | -10

Griffin Jax has had a rough go of it early on. Through five appearances, he’s completed four innings, allowing five earned runs, eight total, seven hits and three walks, while striking out just one batter.

Jax has not picked up a single save or hold, and he already has two losses. He’s a very talented pitcher, who we expect to improve the strikeouts, but for now, he’s unusable.