Recognizing that ranking relievers can become outdated within hours, Closer Monkey’s updated rankings incorporate in-season results with rest-of-season potential, yielding a number often worth debating. Each week, we are providing saves, SOLDS, and holds rankings. They are a combination of season-to-date, the last 14-day results, and rest-of-season projections, causing fluctuations in reliever valuation.
Before delving into the updated rankings, some notes since the trade deadline. Four teams have not recorded a save in August:
- Colorado Rockies
- Houston Astros
- New York Mets
- The Athletics
Eight teams have only recorded one save, and only these teams have posted four or more saves:
- Cleveland Guardians – Cade Smith (3); Hunter Gaddis (2)
- Milwaukee Brewers – Trevor Megill (4)
- Philadelphia Phillies – Jhoan Durán (4)
- Seattle Mariners – Andrés Muñoz (3); Matt Brash (2)
- St. Louis Cardinals – JoJo Romero (3); Riley O’Brien (1)
Expanding our results to the season, here are the save trends for relievers in 2025, compared with the two previous seasons through games played on August 10:
Link: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/oEvNl/1/
Only Robert Suarez (32) has surpassed 30 saves this year, which lags behind the previous two.
Taking this all into account, here are our updated rankings.
Updated Top 40 Relievers for Saves
| Rank | Relievers |
| 1 | Jhoan Durán |
| 2 | Trevor Megill |
| 3 | Andrés Muñoz |
| 4 | Edwin Díaz |
| 5 | Robert Suarez |
| 6 | Jeff Hoffman |
| 7 | Aroldis Chapman |
| 8 | Kenley Jansen |
| 9 | Emilio Pagán |
| 10 | Daniel Palencia |
| 11 | Cade Smith |
| 12 | Carlos Estévez |
| 13 | Pete Fairbanks |
| 14 | David Bednar |
| 15 | Bryan Abreu |
| 16 | Kyle Finnegan |
| 17 | Randy Rodríguez |
| 18 | Raisel Iglesias |
| 19 | JoJo Romero |
| 20 | Phil Maton |
| 21 | Mason Miller |
| 22 | Dennis Santana |
| 23 | Jose A. Ferrer |
| 24 | Riley O’Brien |
| 25 | Will Vest |
| 26 | Justin Topa |
| 27 | Calvin Faucher |
| 28 | Matt Brash |
| 29 | Hunter Gaddis |
| 30 | Ben Casparius |
| 31 | Adrian Morejon |
| 32 | Alex Vesia |
| 33 | Keegan Akin |
| 34 | Grant Taylor |
| 35 | Luke Weaver |
| 36 | Victor Vodnik |
| 37 | Bennett Sousa |
| 38 | Jordan Leasure |
| 39 | Sean Newcomb |
| 40 | Yennier Cano |
Save Stashes
- Andrew Hoffmann (ARI)
- Bobby Miller (LAD)
- Elvis Alvarado (ATH)
- Dietrich Enns (BAL)
- Juan Mejia (COL)
- Joe Jiménez (ATL)
Link: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/afsde/1/
Top 75 for SOLDS
| Rank | Reliever |
| 1 | Edwin Díaz |
| 2 | Andrés Muñoz |
| 3 | Jhoan Durán |
| 4 | Bryan Abreu |
| 5 | Robert Suarez |
| 6 | Aroldis Chapman |
| 7 | Trevor Megill |
| 8 | Mason Miller |
| 9 | Cade Smith |
| 10 | Jeff Hoffman |
| 11 | Abner Uribe |
| 12 | Randy Rodríguez |
| 13 | Emilio Pagán |
| 14 | Jason Adam |
| 15 | Garrett Whitlock |
| 16 | Adrian Morejon |
| 17 | Jeremiah Estrada |
| 18 | Daniel Palencia |
| 19 | Kenley Jansen |
| 20 | Kyle Finnegan |
| 21 | JoJo Romero |
| 22 | Hunter Gaddis |
| 23 | David Bednar |
| 24 | Matt Brash |
| 25 | Pete Fairbanks |
| 26 | Phil Maton |
| 27 | Luke Weaver |
| 28 | Tony Santillan |
| 29 | Will Vest |
| 30 | Riley O’Brien |
| 31 | Andrew Kittredge |
| 32 | Raisel Iglesias |
| 33 | Brad Keller |
| 34 | Carlos Estévez |
| 35 | Edwin Uceta |
| 36 | Ronny Henriquez |
| 37 | Alex Vesia |
| 38 | Orion Kerkering |
| 39 | Ryan Helsley |
| 40 | Tyler Rogers |
| 41 | Brendon Little |
| 42 | Louis Varland |
| 43 | Lucas Erceg |
| 44 | Matt Strahm |
| 45 | Danny Coulombe |
| 46 | Dennis Santana |
| 47 | Bennett Sousa |
| 48 | Reid Detmers |
| 49 | Jared Koenig |
| 50 | Ben Casparius |
| 51 | Griffin Jax |
| 52 | Seranthony Domínguez |
| 53 | Camilo Doval |
| 54 | Gregory Soto |
| 55 | Bryan King |
| 56 | Caleb Thielbar |
| 57 | Ryan Walker |
| 58 | Reed Garrett |
| 59 | Calvin Faucher |
| 60 | Anthony Bender |
| 61 | Nic Enright |
| 62 | Kyle Leahy |
| 63 | Dylan Lee |
| 64 | Hunter Harvey |
| 65 | Tyler Holton |
| 66 | Luis García |
| 67 | Eric Sabrowski |
| 68 | Garrett Cleavinger |
| 69 | Hoby Milner |
| 70 | Yariel Rodríguez |
| 71 | Graham Ashcraft |
| 72 | Yennier Cano |
| 73 | Caleb Ferguson |
| 74 | Pierce Johnson |
| 75 | Angel Zerpa |
Relievers on the Rise
- Ben Casparius (LAD): He has been scoreless in five of his last six appearances, posting two saves and three holds with a WHIP below one across his 5.1 innings. With Blake Treinen struggling, he could take over the highest-leveraged right-handed reliever spot in his leverage ladder.
- Dietrich Enns (BAL): He notched his first hold with the Orioles, and in three games since his promotion, has racked up ten strikeouts versus zero walks (52.6 K-BB percentage) through 4.1 innings.
- Matt Brash (SEA): He has been scoreless in nine of his last 10 games, recording two saves and three holds with ten strikeouts versus two walks (one intentional) across 7.1 innings.
Link: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/xNABN/1/
Top 50 for Holds
| Rank | Reliever |
| 1 | Jason Adam |
| 2 | Mason Miller |
| 3 | Jeremiah Estrada |
| 4 | Abner Uribe |
| 5 | Adrian Morejon |
| 6 | Luke Weaver |
| 7 | Tyler Rogers |
| 8 | Matt Brash |
| 9 | Ronny Henriquez |
| 10 | Garrett Whitlock |
| 11 | Tony Santillan |
| 12 | Brad Keller |
| 13 | Jared Koenig |
| 14 | Hunter Gaddis |
| 15 | Louis Varland |
| 16 | Yariel Rodríguez |
| 17 | Riley O’Brien |
| 18 | Griffin Jax |
| 19 | Seranthony Domínguez |
| 20 | Orion Kerkering |
| 21 | Reed Garrett |
| 22 | Reid Detmers |
| 23 | Lucas Erceg |
| 24 | Ben Casparius |
| 25 | Eric Sabrowski |
| 26 | Caleb Thielbar |
| 27 | Ryan Walker |
| 28 | Edwin Uceta |
| 29 | Gabe Speier |
| 30 | Camilo Doval |
| 31 | Matt Strahm |
| 32 | Tyler Holton |
| 33 | Bryan Abreu |
| 34 | Bennett Sousa |
| 35 | Garrett Cleavinger |
| 36 | Anthony Bender |
| 37 | Brendon Little |
| 38 | Danny Coulombe |
| 39 | Bryan King |
| 40 | Gregory Soto |
| 41 | Kyle Leahy |
| 42 | Scott Barlow |
| 43 | Dylan Lee |
| 44 | Tim Hill |
| 45 | Jordan Hicks |
| 46 | Greg Weissert |
| 47 | Caleb Ferguson |
| 48 | Jordan Leasure |
| 49 | Bryan Baker |
| 50 | Robert Garcia |
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