Closer Report, September 28

9 bullpens have no clear owner of the ninth. Where the saves are actually gettable.

Saves are the category most often decided by a role rather than a skill, so this is the standing read on all 30 bullpens rather than a reaction to any one blown save. CCS is the closer-confidence score: save share over the last 30 and 14 days, leverage, role history, skills and usage. The number that matters is not any single arm's score but the GAP between the top two.

Committees: this is where saves are gettable

No arm has separated. These are the bullpens worth speculating in, because the cost of the second-best arm is near zero and the payoff if he takes the job is a full closer.

TeamArmCCSProj SV (rest of season)SVRead
COL[Jordan Romano](#/player/605447)5710.713Committee, no clear owner
[Brennan Bernardino](#/player/657514)487.22Live alternative
[Jaden Hill](#/player/677955)210.02Deep
CWS[Grant Taylor](#/player/691799)549.78Committee, no clear owner
[Bryan Hudson](#/player/663542)425.35Live alternative
[Trevor Richards](#/player/670950)322.12Deep
LAA[Ryan Watson](#/player/670245)547.44Committee, no clear owner
[Ben Joyce](#/player/690829)434.35Live alternative
[Mitch Farris](#/player/815083)210.01Deep
WSH[Erik Tolman](#/player/680899)5021.25Committee, no clear owner
[Jack Sinclair](#/player/695378)272.11Live alternative
[Yovanny Cruz](#/player/672442)261.91Deep
SF[Joel Kuhnel](#/player/669270)477.14Committee, no clear owner
[Trent Harris](#/player/805345)456.42Live alternative
[Dylan Smith](#/player/681916)291.33Deep
BAL[Rico Garcia](#/player/670329)4414.06Committee, no clear owner
[Andrew Kittredge](#/player/552640)4413.810Live alternative
[Josh Walker](#/player/677020)230.21Deep
MIN[Yoendrys Gómez](#/player/672782)4310.915Committee, no clear owner
[Andrew Morris](#/player/702193)324.23Live alternative
[Travis Adams](#/player/701519)313.72Deep
ARI[Jonathan Loáisiga](#/player/642528)433.51Committee, no clear owner
[Brandyn Garcia](#/player/805299)351.94Live alternative
[Kevin Ginkel](#/player/656464)331.53Deep
CHC[Ryan Zeferjahn](#/player/666171)4211.65Committee, no clear owner
[Ryan Rolison](#/player/669020)388.63Live alternative
[Colin Rea](#/player/607067)292.82Deep

Leaning: he has it, but not by much

A clear leader with a live arm behind him. Rosterable, but the handcuff is worth more here than anywhere else.

TeamArmCCSProj SV (rest of season)SVRead
HOU[Josh Hader](#/player/623352)7015.519Has it for now
[Bryan Abreu](#/player/650556)394.04Next in line
[AJ Blubaugh](#/player/805123)200.01Deep
TB[Bryan Baker](#/player/641329)6922.322Has it for now
[Cole Sulser](#/player/642121)375.01Next in line
[Tyler Wells](#/player/669330)210.06Deep
MIL[Trevor Megill](#/player/656730)6420.321Has it for now
[Aaron Ashby](#/player/676879)343.94Next in line
[Shane Drohan](#/player/675660)261.12Deep
BOS[Aroldis Chapman](#/player/547973)6122.123Has it for now
[Garrett Whitlock](#/player/676477)323.84Next in line
[Raymond Burgos](#/player/670103)250.82Deep
MIA[Sandy Alcantara](#/player/645261)5714.23Has it for now
[Pete Fairbanks](#/player/664126)333.114Next in line
[Calvin Faucher](#/player/676534)281.42Deep
NYM[Kodai Senga](#/player/673540)5714.08Has it for now
[Dedniel Núñez](#/player/673380)364.31Next in line
[Devin Williams](#/player/642207)322.614Deep
KC[Lucas Erceg](#/player/668674)557.43Has it for now
[Nate Pearson](#/player/663878)393.33Next in line
[Alex Lange](#/player/656638)331.89Deep

Locked down

Wide separation at the top. Pay for the closer, ignore the handcuff.

TeamArmCCSProj SV (rest of season)SVRead
PIT[Mason Montgomery](#/player/682254)8121.518Owns it
[Gregory Soto](#/player/642397)342.65Next in line
[Lake Bachar](#/player/669199)210.02Deep
TOR[Louis Varland](#/player/686973)8126.621Owns it
[Paul Sewald](#/player/623149)281.49Next in line
[Spencer Miles](#/player/693686)230.12Deep
NYY[David Bednar](#/player/670280)8021.121Owns it
[John Schreiber](#/player/670167)332.31Next in line
[Ryan Yarbrough](#/player/642232)200.03Deep
CLE[Cade Smith](#/player/671922)8014.016Owns it
[Erik Sabrowski](#/player/681870)200.01Next in line
[Daniel Espino](#/player/682982)200.00Deep
DET[Kenley Jansen](#/player/445276)8018.715Owns it
[Tyler Holton](#/player/663947)210.02Next in line
[Tyler Kinley](#/player/641755)200.01Deep
TEX[Jacob Latz](#/player/656641)7917.021Owns it
[Jordan Montgomery](#/player/656756)331.91Next in line
[Jakob Junis](#/player/596001)260.63Deep
CIN[Emilio Pagán](#/player/641941)7924.219Owns it
[Tejay Antone](#/player/622088)190.00Next in line
[Pierce Johnson](#/player/572955)190.00Deep
SD[Mason Miller](#/player/695243)7816.817Owns it
[Yuki Matsui](#/player/673513)311.51Next in line
[Adrian Morejon](#/player/670970)250.42Deep
ATL[Raisel Iglesias](#/player/628452)7719.318Owns it
[Dylan Dodd](#/player/689266)311.91Next in line
[Didier Fuentes](#/player/800311)260.62Deep
PHI[Jhoan Duran](#/player/661395)7323.415Owns it
[Jonathan Bowlan](#/player/680742)200.02Next in line
[Alex McFarlane](#/player/686934)200.00Deep
SEA[Andrés Muñoz](#/player/662253)7314.018Owns it
[Eduard Bazardo](#/player/660825)352.31Next in line
[Carlos Vargas](#/player/672841)200.00Deep
ATH[Hogan Harris](#/player/663687)7318.511Owns it
[Elvis Alvarado](#/player/665660)301.74Next in line
[Drew Rom](#/player/680723)200.00Deep
STL[Riley O'Brien](#/player/676617)7216.719Owns it
[George Soriano](#/player/666277)281.12Next in line
[Ryne Stanek](#/player/592773)230.11Deep
LAD[Tanner Scott](#/player/656945)7124.315Owns it
[Edwin Díaz](#/player/621242)261.17Next in line
[Evan Phillips](#/player/623465)240.41Deep

How to read this

The cutoffs are calibrated to the league, not picked: across the 30 bullpens the top arm's CCS runs from 34 to 82 with a median of 74, so a leader in the 70s with 25-plus points of daylight is a real closer, while a leader in the 40s and 50s with company right behind him is a committee whatever the depth chart says.

Proj SV is the engine's expected saves for the rest of the season, which is the number to trade on, season saves are already banked and tell you about the past. A committee arm with meaningful projected saves is the cheapest source of the scarcest category in the game.

_Confidence scores generated September 27, 2026._

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