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AL East

Team	JS	HO	Closer	Understudy/Fill-in	Lurker(s)
	4	5	Jim Johnson	Darren O'Day	Brian Matusz Tommy Hunter Pedro Strop
	4	2	Andrew Bailey	Junichi Tazawa	Koji Uehara
	5	3	Mariano Rivera	David Robertson	Joba Chamberlain Shawn Kelley
	3	5	Fernando Rodney	Joel Peralta	Jake McGee Kyle Farnsworth
	4	3	Casey Janssen	Sergio Santos DL	Steve Delabar Darren Oliver DL

AL Central

Team	JS	HO	Closer	Understudy/Fill-in	Lurker(s)
	4	5	Addison Reed	Jesse Crain Matt Thornton	Matt Lindstrom
	5	4	Chris Perez DL	Vinnie Pestano	Joe Smith Cody Allen
	2	5	Jose Valverde Joaquin Benoit ↑	Bruce Rondon M	Phil Coke Octavio Dotel DL
	4	5	Greg Holland	Aaron Crow	Tim Collins Luke Hochevar Kelvin Herrera
	4	5	Glen Perkins	Jared Burton	Casey Fien

 

AL West

Team	JS	HO	Closer	Understudy/Fill-in	Lurker(s)
	3	5	Jose Veras	Hector Ambriz	Wesley Wright Joshua Fields
	3	5	Ernesto Frieri	Ryan Madson DL	Garrett Richards Sean Burnett DL Scott Downs
	4	4	Grant Balfour	Ryan Cook	Sean Doolittle
	N/A	N/A	Yoervis Medina ↑ Oliver Perez +	Tom Wilhelmsen ↓ Carter Capps ↓	Stephen Pryor DL ↓
	5	4	Joe Nathan	Tanner Scheppers	Jason Frasor Joakim Soria DL Neftali Feliz DL