Fantasy baseball closer depth charts - NL

October 1, 2010 @ 12:30:00

By KFFL Staff

Fantasy baseball closer depth charts: AL | NL

Fantasy Baseball Closer Hot Seat

Closer is a volatile role in Major League Baseball, and thus, fantasy baseball. If a closer is injured, loses his job or is traded, his understudy is fantasy-worthy immediately, if he wasn't already. Be mindful of lurkers - pitchers with the skills, profile or backing and might have a shot at save opportunities, eventually.

KFFL.com's closer depth charts let you know who might be the next fantasy baseball sleeper for saves. Stay up to date on bullpen situations throughout the regular season with KFFL.com's Fantasy Baseball Closer Hot Seat and MLB Hot off the Wire.

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NL East

TM	JS	H	Closer	Understudy	Lurkers	Disabled list
ATL	5	4	Billy Wagner	Takashi Saito	Craig Kimbrel Jonny Venters
FLA	2	4	Clay Hensley	Leo Nunez	Jose Veras Jose Ceda Brian Sanches
NYM	3	5	Hisanori Takahashi	Manny Acosta	Pedro Feliciano
PHI	4	3	Brad Lidge	Ryan Madson	Jose Contreras J.C. Romero
WSH	1	5	Committee	Drew Storen Sean Burnett	Tyler Clippard Joel Peralta

 

NL Central

TM	JS	H	Closer	Understudy	Lurkers	Disabled list
CHC	5	5	Carlos Marmol	Sean Marshall	Andrew Cashner
CIN	4	5	Francisco Cordero	Aroldis Chapman	Nick Masset Arthur Rhodes
HOU	4	4	Brandon Lyon	Matt Lindstrom	Wilton Lopez Jeff Fulchino
MIL	4	5	John Axford Trevor Hoffman	Kameron Loe	Todd Coffey
PIT	4	5	Evan Meek Joel Hanrahan	Chris Resop	Sean Gallagher Chris Leroux
STL	4	4	Ryan Franklin	Kyle McClellan	Jason Motte Mitchell Boggs

 

NL West

TM	JS	H	Closer	Understudy	Lurkers	Disabled list
ARI	3	4	Juan Gutierrez	Sam Demel	Aaron Heilman
COL	1	3	Committee	Octavio Dotel	Matt Belisle Rafael Betancourt
LAD	4	5	Hong-Chih Kuo	Kenley Jansen	Jonathan Broxton
SD	5	5	Heath Bell	Mike M. Adams	Luke Gregerson Ernesto Frieri
SF	5	5	Brian Wilson	Sergio Romo Jeremy Affeldt	Chris Ray Santiago Casilla

 

Fantasy baseball closer depth charts: AL | NL

Fantasy Baseball Closer Hot Seat

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roberto, at 11:13 on 04/06/10, says: san diego - Adams is ahead of Gregerson by a long way. Gregerson is a 7th inning guy and his stuff hasnt looked sharp since 2009. Adams is the guy to own...

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Penny Parker, at 01:20 on 07/25/10, says: Affeldt is on the DL

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dan, at 12:25 on 07/31/10, says: chris ray with slight edge over romo in sf i like motte, and to a lesser extent, league to close by end of season for stl and sea, respectively i'm willing to bet hoffman ends the season with 600 SVs, but it won't be pretty

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