The Cardinals haven’t recorded a save since Jordan Hicks went out, but there is every reason to believe Carlos Martínez is locked into that role, and will be successful at it. St. Louis will not limit Martinez to only pitching the ninth inning as the Mets have famously done with Edwin Díaz , which means there could be a few more spare save chances on days Martinez is unavailable. Those chances would presumably go to John Gant , who has been pretty awesome this season despite allowing four earns runs in 0.1 innings his last time out. Martinez should be owned in all leagues, and at worst, he is probably a top-15 closer the rest of the way.

I feel like the only question with Liam Hendriks is how long Blake Treinen will be out. Hendricks has allowed just one earned run in June, and Lou Trivino has not been good for about a month after starting the season out scorching. I find it hard to believe Hendriks will lose this job, but there is also no chance he holds onto it when Treinen is healthy.

Wade Davis struggled initially after coming off the IL, but he has thrown a scoreless inning in each of his last three chances, with two saves. Those saves came at San Francisco, but they still count. It’s probably going to take at least a couple more blown saves for the Rockies to consider making Scott Oberg their closer.

Shawn Kelley continues to be up-and-down, with two saves, a loss and a 5.40 ERA over the last week. Meanwhile, José Leclerc is back to his old ways, racking up strikeouts and walks. It’s really starting to seem like a matter of time before Leclerc gets to close again, but that could all change after 1-2 bad outings. As has been the case most of the season, you are best off avoiding this situation altogether if you can.

Craig Kimbrel will join the Cubs Thursday, and while I think Pedro Strop has been better than his 5.17 ERA suggests, you have to figure Kimbrel will have an awfully long leash. The Cubs are expected to use Kimbrel as a one-inning-per-outing guy, which probably bodes well for Pedro Strop and even Steve Cishek in Saves+Holds leagues, since someone’s going to have to pitch the seventh and eighth to get to Kimbrel, more often than not.

Raisel Iglesias has gone more than two weeks without a save, but I wouldn’t go dropping him just yet. Michael Lorenzen allowed an earned run Tuesday, making it even more likely Iglesias will continue to get most of the saves going forward. That being said, Lorenzen should continue to be involved.

*Editor’s note: Iglesias pitched the eighth inning last night and was torched for four earned runs.

I really, really, really, really, really hope somebody asks Mickey Callaway if it is his choice or the general manager’s choice to only use Edwin Díaz in the ninth inning. Seth Lugo has been the Mets’ only other competent reliever this season, and he should be on your radar if he is available in a Saves+Holds league.

José Alvarado could return as early as Thursday, and he would presumably split closing duties with Emilio Pagán for as long as Diego Castillo is out. The Rays have just three saves in the last 30 days, and while there will almost certainly be more save opportunities than that going forward, I’m not sure it will be enough to matter unless you are truly desperate.

The Boston Red Sox are nine games out of first place in the AL East, but just one game out of the Wild Card. I wonder if they would be a candidate to trade for a closer and put an end to what has been a maddening situation for fantasy players. This would be different if Boston’s bullpen was full of terrible pitchers like Baltimore’s, but it isn’t. Any one of these relievers would be a fine fantasy option if we knew they were going to get the opportunity on any given day. Matt Barnes has allowed five earned runs in 2.0 innings over his last three appearances, and my guess is we won’t see him in a late-inning role for at least the next week or so. If I had to pick one Boston reliever for fantasy it would be Brandon Workman , especially in Saves+Holds leagues.