Fantasy Baseball Bullpen Report: Elvis Alvarado emerges as A’s closer; Juan Morillo makes case for D-Backs

If you're going to make up ground in saves at all, the time to do it is now. There are a finite number of them, after all, and with just three lineup locks remaining, you can only move up so much. Fortunately, the closer role has seen enough turnover lately that an ample number of saves can still be found on the waiver wire.

Mason Montgomery remains the best choice wherever he's available. The left-hander has become the undisputed closer for the Pirates, dominating with a 0.75 ERA and 16.1 K/9 over his past 25 appearances. You won't find him listed here because I featured him in my last Bullpen Report, and nothing about his role has changed since then.

So what has changed? Here's my look at the 10 bullpens most in flux.

Note: "Pecking order" refers to rosterability in Fantasy and not necessarily who's first in line for saves (though it's usually one and the same).

A week ago, I thought better than to address the Athletics closer situation, not wanting to get sucked into Elvis Alvarado again. Sure, he had recently recorded a save, but left-hander Hogan Harris, the team leader with 13, had notched one just…

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