Washington Nationals relief pitcher Justin Miller has been put on the 10-day injured list due to a right rotator cuff strain. In a corresponding move, relief pitcher Tanner Rainey has been called up from Triple-A Fresno. Miller has had a solid start to the season before this injury, picking up one win with a 4.02 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and 11 strikeouts in 15 2/3 innings. Miller should not be owned in any fantasy formats.

Welcome back, baseball. We missed you. Your offseason was mostly boring, so here's hoping you make up for it with a great season. So far, you're off to a good start. Okay, enough.Closers and Saves Report is back for another year of looking over all of the important bullpen news of the week. [...]

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A tough position to evaluate is that of relief pitchers, as a lot of success for closers comes from success from teams. There are also a lot of bullpens by committee these days, further stifling the value of closers.That being said, only four of the pitchers that ranked in the top-10 in saves in 2017 followed up in 2018. One of those pitchers had a huge jump in saves, but [...]

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While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we'll highlight today include some elite setup men to target off the waiver wire in Week 24. One-inning middle relievers are the constant sources for holds and specialists can manage to secure a hold even with one out. However, while specialists can get many holds, their fantasy value is limited to how effective they are in their specific role. Long relievers are not a strong source of holds, they are often used in emergency or m[...]

This week was another interesting one in the bullpens around the league. The Phillies continued to be unpredictable, the Nationals continued to struggle to end games with a lead, and the Twins seem to have finally settled on a ninth-inning arm. Meanwhile, formerly elite closers are struggling in Cleveland and Los Angeles, but only one is in danger of losing his job (if he hasn't already.) The bullpen in San Francisco seems to be sticking to what's been working, but there was a little cause fo[...]

Nationals relief pitcher Justin Miller earned a save Monday in Philadelphia. Miller was called upon after Ryan Madson pitched the eighth and recorded a clean ninth. Madson had just been activated from the disabled list earlier in the day so it shouldn't have been shocking to see him in a lower leverage situation. Going forward, with Kelvin Herrera out for the year and Sean Doolittle out indefinitely, it seems like the Nationals will be going with a committee mostly based on health. Koda Glo[...]