Here is a look at the fantasy baseball closer report for week 17. It contains all of the most recent closer news, plus the current closers and the current handcuffs.

Juan Gutierrez seems to have taken over the closer role in Arizona almost by default with the failures of other men before him. Although he has not been officially named as the stopper, he has gotten two saves in July. His overall numbers have not been very impressive thanks to a severe case of gopheritis this year with 13 home runs allowed in 36 1/3 innings.

Bobby Jenks has been removed from the closer role in Chicago but manager Ozzie Guillen is saying he could be back in the role soon with another decent outing. He has managed to blow only two saves on the season, despite a 4.95 ERA with a 1.57 WHIP. J.J. Putz has been strong in the bullpen with a 1.46 ERA and a .78 WHIP and could get the next crack at a save chance.

Jonathan Broxton has not picked up a save since July 8th and missed out on several opportunities last week after blowing a save and racking up a high pitch count. You might be able to talk up that fact to another owner in your fantasy baseball league and see if you can pick up Broxton on the cheap in a trade.

With the trade deadline looming this Saturday, there could be several more shake ups in closer roles for next week. The typical names that I have been mentioning all season apply here with the possibility that Matt Capps (WAS), Octavio Dotel (PIT), David Aardsma (SEA) and Kevin Gregg (TOR) could be dealt. If you are in need of saves, hopefully you have been following the handcuff chart below and already have someone in place in case a deal does happen.

The only somewhat surprising newsworthy event has been talk that Joel Hanrahan would take over as full-time closer or share the role with Evan Meek if Octavio Dotel is moved in Pittsburgh. Hanrahan has a 3.59 ERA with a 1.03 WHIP and is holding hitters to a .192 batting average. His career save percentage does not seem to foretell long term success with 14 saves converted in 25 opportunities.