Athlon Sports MLB Fantasy Closer Grid
Athlon keeps fantasy GMs up to date with a complete look at MLB's bullpen situations.
Updated May 14, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. CT
| Team | Closer | Setup | Watch List |
| Arizona | J.J. Putz | David Hernandez | Bryan Shaw, Brad Zeigler, Craig Breslow |
| Atlanta | Craig Kimbrel | Jonny Venters | Eric O'Flaherty, Kris Medlen |
| Baltimore | Jim Johnson | Pedro Strop | Matt Lindstrom, Kevin Gregg, Darren O'Day, Troy Patton |
| Boston | Alfredo Aceves | Franklin Morales | Matt Albers, Scott Atchison, Andrew Bailey (DL) |
| Chicago (NL) | Rafael Dolis* | Carlos Marmol | James Russell*, Scott Maine, Kerry Wood (DL) |
| Chicago (AL) | Chris Sale | Matt Thornton | Addison Reed, Hector Santiago, Jesse Crain (DL) |
| Cincinnati | Sean Marshall | Aroldis Chapman | Jose Arredondo, Logan Ondrusek, Bill Bray, Nick Masset (DL) |
| Cleveland | Chris Perez | Vinnie Pestano | Tony Sipp, Joe Smith, Rafael Perez (DL) |
| Colorado | Rafael Betancourt | Rex Brothers | Matt Belisle, Matt Reynolds |
| Detroit | Jose Valverde | Joaquin Benoit | Octavio Dotel, Phil Coke, Daniel Schlereth |
| Houston | Brett Myers | Wilton Lopez | David Carpenter, Fernando Rodriguez, Wesley Wright |
| Kansas City | Jonathan Broxton | Aaron Crow | Tim Collins, Jose Mijares, Greg Holland (DL) |
| LA Angles | Ernesto Frieri* | Jordan Walden* | H. Takahashi, Jason Isringhausen, Scott Downs |
| LA Dodgers | Kenley Jansen | Javy Guerra | Matt Guerrier, Scott Elbert, Josh Lindblom |
| Miami | Steve Cishek | Heath Bell | Ryan Webb, Randy Choate, Mike Dunn, Edward Mujica |
| Milwaukee | John Axford | F. Rodriguez | Jose Veras, Kameron Loe |
| Minnesota | Matt Capps | Glen Perkins | Brian Duensing, Alex Burnett |
| New York (NL) | Jon Rauch* | Frank Francisco* | Bobby Parnell, Ramon Ramirez, Tim Brydak |
| New York (AL) | Rafael Soriano* | David Robertson* | Rafael Soriano, Boone Logan, Mariano Rivera (DL) |
| Oakland | Brian Fuentes | Grant Balfour | Ryan Cook, Fautino De Los Santos |
| Philadelphia | Jonathan Papelbon | Antonio Bastardo | Chad Qualls, Michael Stutes |
| Pittsburgh | Joel Hanrahan | Evan Meek | Chris Resop, Jason Grilli |
| St. Louis | Jason Motte | Fernando Salas | Marc Rzepczynski, Mitchell Boggs |
| San Diego | Dale Thayer* | Andrew Cashner* | Luke Gregerson*, Huston Street (DL) |
| San Francisco | Santiago Casilla | Sergio Romo | Jeremy Affeldt, Javier Lopez |
| Seattle | Brandon League | Tom Wilhelmsen | George Sherrill, Steve Delabar |
| Tampa Bay | Fernando Rodney | Joel Peralta | Jake McGee, J.P. Howell, Kyle Farnsworth (DL) |
| Texas | Joe Nathan | Mike Adams | Alexi Ogando, Mark Lowe, Koji Uehara |
| Toronto | Casey Janssen | Darren Oliver | Jason Frasor, Francisco Cordero, Sergio Santos (DL) |
| Washington | Henry Rodriguez | Tyler Clippard | Sean Burnett, Brad Lidge, Drew Storen (DL) |
Players currently on the DL are noted above
* - will share the role of closer for the time being. Look for game-by-game situations to dictact who is used in the ninth inning.
Updated May 14, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. CT
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