Fantasy Baseball Saves Plus Holds Rankings & Advice: Week 11 (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. A wave of good health has kept the top 40 mostly intact from last week.

Fantasy Baseball Saves + Holds League Advice: Week 11

Saves + Holds Leaders

There are 13 relievers with 15+ saves plus holds:

Player	Team	SV+H
Cade Smith	CLE	21
Bryan Baker	TBR	19
Riley O’Brien	STL	18
Mason Miller	SDP	18
Erik Sabrowski (IL)	CLE	17
Tyler Rogers	TOR	16
JoJo Romero	STL	16
Jhoan Duran	PHI	16
Kevin Kelly	TBR	16
Louis Varland	TOR	16
Paul Sewald	ARI	15
Brad Keller	PHI	15
Jason Adam	SDP	15

Takeaways

Cade Smith still leads the league in saves and saves plus holds, despite not picking one up in a week. He is one of only three qualified relievers with a K/9 over 10.0 and a BB/9 below 1.5. His xERA (2.32), strikeout rate (38.3%) and walk rate (4.2%) are all career bests.
Tyler Rogers ranked second in the last week with three holds. He has one of the lowest strikeout rates among all relievers, but finds a way with the single best groundball rate in baseball (68%). Rogers’ walk rate should improve from the league-average it’s been through his first 30 innings.
Jhoan Duran ranks fifth in the Majors with 16 saves. He’s third among relievers with a 33.3% strikeout-minus-walk rate, which is the best rate of his career by far. He’s always had electric stuff, so it’s good to see the strikeout rate finally reflecting that upside.

Saves + Holds Reliever Rankings

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

Rank	Player	Team	Change
1	Mason Miller	SDP	–
2	Cade Smith	CLE	–
3	Bryan Baker	TBR	–
4	Jhoan Duran	PHI	+1
5	Aroldis Chapman	BOS	-1
6	Riley O’Brien	STL	+4
7	Paul Sewald	ARI	–
8	Raisel Iglesias	ATL	+1
9	Andres Munoz	SEA	-3
10	Josh Hader	HOU	+7
11	Jason Adam	SDP	-2
12	Abner Uribe	MIL	-1
13	JoJo Romero	STL	-1
14	Robert Suarez	ATL	–
15	Trevor Megill	MIL	–
16	Kevin Kelly	TBR	+2
17	Louis Varland	TOR	+2
18	Tanner Scott	LAD	-5
19	Gregory Soto	PIT	-3
20	Jacob Latz	TEX	+1
21	Hunter Gaddis	CLE	+1
22	Rico Garcia	BAL	-2
23	Brad Keller	PHI	+4
24	Seranthony Dominguez	CWS	–
25	Keaton Winn	SFG	+1
26	Daniel Lynch IV	KCR	UN
27	Tony Santillan	CIN	+2
28	Adrian Morejon	SDP	+4
29	Tyler Rogers	TOR	+8
30	Taylor Clarke	ARI	–
31	Jose A. Ferrer	SEA	–
32	Fernando Cruz	NYY	+1
33	David Bednar	NYY	+1
34	Lucas Erceg	KCR	-11
35	Dylan Lee	ATL	UN
36	Hogan Harris	ATH	–
37	Devin Williams	NYM	-12
38	Yoendrys Gomez	MIN	–
39	George Soriano	STL	–
40	Brock Burke	CIN	–

Biggest Risers

Josh Hader (RP – HOU) | Previous: 17; Current: 10

I’ve seen enough from Josh Hader to put him back into the top 10. In his last three innings, he’s allowed zero hits to only one walk while striking out seven.

Hader’s velocity looks normal, and his whiff rate is a career high, albeit in a tiny sample. It’s hard to draw too many conclusions with only four innings, but his track record is as good as anyone’s since he entered the league.

Daniel Lynch IV (RP – KCR) | Previous: Unranked; Current: 26

Daniel Lynch IV finally deserves some respect in my top 40. He’s been excellent all season, and the Royals have struggled for some consistency in their bullpen. He is one of only two left-handed relievers, so he’s likely to stick in a set-up role and rack up holds.

Lynch’s strikeout rate is a career high, and his walk rate is a career low. He’s definitely not a 1.93 ERA pitcher. No one is, but his 2.81 xERA or 2.55 FIP would be plenty valuable in category leagues.

Biggest Fallers

Andres Munoz (RP – SEA) | Previous: 6; Current: 9

I’m starting to lose faith in Andres Munoz. He came into 2026 with four straight seasons with a sub-3.00 ERA, but has struggled to a 5.18 ERA and 1.36 WHIP through 24.1 innings. Munoz’s strikeout and walk rates are his best of any of the previous four years, but he’s giving up much worse contact.

Munoz’s hard-hit rate has jumped to nearly 50%, and he’s giving up fewer groundballs than he ever has during his career. His xwOBAcon allowed is in the bottom 1%. With all that said, Munoz is ranked in the top 10, and he’s had 25+ saves plus holds in every season since 2022.

Ian Seymour (RP – TBR) | Previous: 35; Current: Unranked

Ian Seymour has pitched well as a reliever, but he has moved to the rotation. In his first game as an opener, he pitched four innings, giving up only a home run and a walk while striking out five.

There were talks of him potentially starting the year in the rotation, and it appears they are trying to build him up for that role. There’s a good chance Seymour’s new role could improve his overall fantasy value, but it changes his role in saves plus holds leagues.