Fantasy Baseball: Chasing saves after the MLB trade deadline

It may be the stretch run for fantasy baseball, but there are still players that can help. Let’s look at some potential candidates to earn saves over the rest of the year.

If you’re in a fairly standard fantasy baseball league like most, chasing the saves category is always a task. If you’re not on top of things when it comes to monitoring the waiver wire and free agent market, managers can often find themselves with a single closer on the roster after everything gets shuffled up at the trade deadline.

Many teams have a rotating carousel to begin with, but 2016 has been especially frustrating. Hector Rondon, Cody Allen and Jonathan Papelbon owners know this to be true. Rondon and Allen owners especially, as they were supplanted in spite of doing perfectly fine jobs this season. And it’s worth noting as well that Allen is the latest Tribe pitcher to have saved a game, adding to the blur of so many bullpens dynamics.

Or how about the decline of Trevor Rosenthal? He is one of a multitude of closers to have landed on the DL in 2016. Add to that list prominent names like Wade Davis, Huston Street, Craig Kimbrel and now A.J. Ramos. Even back ups are going down, like Cam Bedrosian for the Angels.

Houston has been a gong show all year, with preseason favorite Ken Giles getting off to a horrific start. Five Astros players have recorded at least one save in 2016. The same goes for the Rockies, while six Reds players have picked up a save.

Yessir, chasing saves is normally a frustrating endeavor, but it has been especially such this season. If you are desperate to start racking them up, here are five names waiting in the wings who could start seeing an opportunity to close games before September. They might be worth stashing.

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