Projecting Saves w/ Ryan Rufe

Projecting Saves w/ Ryan Rufe

Author: RotoWire.com January 29, 2025 Duration: 1:02:06

James Anderson is joined by RotoWire's reliever expert Ryan Rufe to go through Ryan's brand new reliever rankings and discuss which closers to target and avoid in 2025 fantasy baseball leagues!

00:00 Intro

01:00 Josh Hader

02:25 Devin Williams

03:15 Emmanuel Clase

05:40 Raisel Iglesias

07:40 Edwin Diaz

09:50 Mason Miller

11:40 Ryan Helsley

13:15 Felix Bautista

14:50 Kirby Yates/Tanner Scott

19:40 Ryan Walker

21:30 David Bednar

23:20 Lucas Erceg

24:20 Jeff Hoffman

26:45 Robert Suarez

29:20 Andres Munoz

32:05 Jhoan Duran/Griffin Jax

33:35 Ryan Pressly/Porter Hodge

35:20 Pete Fairbanks

36:40 Ben Joyce

37:55 Jordan Romano/Orion Kerkering

39:45 Alexis Diaz

41:40 Trevor Megill

44:40 Justin Martinez/A.J. Puk

47:05 Liam Hendriks/Aroldis Chapman

49:15 Jason Foley/Tyler Holton

51:30 Chris Martin

52:30 Marlins Bullpen

54:35 Tyler Kinley/Seth Halvorsen

56:00 White Sox/Nationals Bullpens

58:10 Free Agent Closers

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